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The Republican mayor of a town in the suburban Chicagoland neighborhood said Governor J.B. Pritzker’s office questioned why a bus of 64 immigrants was being transported from Chicago to his town, calling him a “chauvinist.” I’m calling
On Wednesday, 147 immigrants were bused from Texas to Chicago, 64 of them to the Hampton Inn Hotel in Burridge, Illinois, just outside Chicago.
Republican Burridge Mayor Gary Grasso told Fox News he believes both Illinois Governor JB Pritzker and Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot are using immigrants as “political pawns.” said.
“My understanding is that when refugees came from Afghanistan about a year ago, this hotel apparently hosted some through faith-based organizations or charitable organizations, but now the state has decided to allow them to send immigrants. … this is not about them, immigrants are fine, they are being used as political pawns by governors and mayors,” Grasso said.
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Pritzker spokesman Jordan Abudayyeh told WGN it was interesting to see local authorities complaining about the issue.
“The state is working with our partners in the City of Chicago and Cook County to work with advocacy groups to welcome asylum-seekers in the United States and provide stability for those who work to build a new life in Illinois. has been associated with for some time: the hotel has been used in the suburbs and its staff have previously done an excellent job of welcoming refugees and asylum seekers, so the local authorities chose this particular example to make this particular It’s interesting to see the media complaining about an asylum seeker group of 30 families, Governor Pritzker said Illinois [a] It is a welcoming country and xenophobia has no place here,” Abudaiye said.
Grasso said the comments from Pritzker’s office were “inappropriate,” showing how the governor’s office treats people who question his actions.
“Yesterday, the governor’s office issued a statement speculating that the village was xenophobic for reacting to the placement of refugees in our community without information or notice. During the pandemic without the consent of Congress. “From the lengthy shutdown of the state to , and now his office’s disrespectful treatment of the village and its inhabitants,” Grasso said.
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Residents will spend at least the next 27 days at the Burridge Hampton Inn.
Grasso said the Hampton Inn had previously been used to house refugees from Afghanistan, but “the governor and mayor sent migrants to our village on several buses without telling us. It doesn’t give you that freedom of discretion.”
“The border situation on the southern border is a completely different situation with Afghan refugees. It is completely arrogant to assume that the state can send immigrants to the suburbs around Chicago,” Grasso said.
A Burridge Village spokesperson said the migrants were transferred to Burridge from the Salvation Army’s Shield of Hope in Chicago, according to NBC5.
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According to the report, Illinois Department of Human Services Migrants “are receiving temporary shelter in urban and suburban hotels that have provided shelter to vulnerable families from Afghanistan and other parts of the world. I am grateful for the hospitality and care I have received from and the organization.”
“We will continue to take action to ensure that everyone in Illinois has access to shelter, food, medical care, and other basic and essential supports,” the statement reads. We look forward to continuing to bus immigrants into the state and remain committed to welcoming new arrivals in a responsible, orderly and caring manner.”