And after some were bused to a nearby suburb with a (R) mayor.
Gov. J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, issued an executive order to send 75 members of the state National Guard to assist in making sure "all state resources are available to support asylum seekers arriving nearly daily to Chicago from the state of Texas."The order also "enables the Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and other state agencies, in close coordination with the City of Chicago, Cook County, and other local governments, to ensure the individuals and families receive the assistance they need," according to Pritzker’s order. "This includes transport, emergency shelter and housing, food, health screenings, medical assessments, treatments, and other necessary care and services."
Welcome to the rewards of virtue signaling, Gov.
"Today, I signed a disaster proclamation allowing the state to speed up the procurement of the immediate resources needed to help Chicago, Cook County, and other jurisdictions provide humanitarian assistance to the asylum seekers who are being sent to our state with no official advance notice by the Governor of Texas," Pritzker said in a statement on Wednesday.
He added that "while other states may be treating these vulnerable families as pawns, here in Illinois, we are treating them as people."
I am so impressed, Gov. and delighted I left your state for good in 1978.
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