Chicago welcomes Texas migrants, then
sends them to Burr Ridge
WGN-TV (Chicago),
by
Ben Bradley
Original Article
Posted By: AltaD,
9/8/2022 11:57:58 AM
Burr Ridge, Ill. — WGN Investigates has learned several dozen of the migrants Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent to Chicago have now been relocated to a hotel in the suburbs without advance warning to the local mayor.
“I am concerned neither the village administrator nor I were told about this,” Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso told WGN. “We want to know: Why Burr Ridge?”
Just days ago, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot blasted Abbott for treating the migrants like “cargo” and not providing her with advance notice they were arriving.(Snip) However, the portion of Burr Ridge where many of the migrants are staying is actually in DuPage County.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 9/8/2022 12:05:52 PM (No. 1271993)
September 08, 2022
"Democratic politicians including Lightfoot, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker have vowed to welcome the migrants and provide a full range of services to meet their immediate needs."
The Catholic Charities are probably very busy at the moment hoping that the Welcome Wagon(s) comforts the INVADERS.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
john56 9/8/2022 12:26:39 PM (No. 1272022)
I need to send my governor, Greg Abbott a message.
While I applaud your decision to bus illegal immigrant migrants out of state, I do have a problem in sending them to Chicago. Sending them there is cruel and unusual punishment. I'd stick with New York City, DC, and Delaware. Boston is also nice this time of year.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
ScooterTrash 9/8/2022 12:52:18 PM (No. 1272066)
Hey Lori, You claim Chicago is a sanctuary city. It's time to put up or shut up you incompetent old hag.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
pros7767 9/8/2022 1:00:44 PM (No. 1272081)
Best guess is that it's a conservative area of the State!
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Venturer 9/8/2022 1:13:54 PM (No. 1272099)
So while she complains about Abbott dumping them off on her , she dumps them off on someone else.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom 9/8/2022 1:57:50 PM (No. 1272151)
These Chicago politicians, and that includes Pritzker would LOVE to dump their principled "commitment" to migrants in Burr Ridge, Hinsdale, and Oak Brook, all have a small portion of their towns in Cook Country. All three towns have always been Republican, traditionally, and all have many homes, and estates valued in the millions. What a way to stick it to DuPage County.
Gary Grasso is a good guy, (went to school with him) an attorney very experience in county politics. He was wary that something like this would happen after Chuey Garcia, a Chicago Dem hack became the Congressman for the district after gerrymandering. It's possible that Pritzker and the gang have met their match.
Burr Ridge is my hometown and the people I know will not stand for this. The people here are very generous and kind. It's less about the illegals and more about the destruction of a great city at the hands of corrupt morons. The people here have worked a lifetime for what they have and will not let Chicago's insanity infect the area.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
bad-hair 9/8/2022 2:27:35 PM (No. 1272197)
Hey Chicago. Buy more busses. We'll fill 'em.
PS you buy the gas.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
The Remnants 9/8/2022 2:53:05 PM (No. 1272226)
The main motivation of so many Leftists' policies seems to be spite.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Clinger 9/8/2022 2:54:27 PM (No. 1272228)
#6 Beat me to the skinny re; Burr Ridge. When he was with the White Sox Bo Jackson lived there.
We live fairly close to you by the way #6.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Illinois Mom 9/8/2022 4:27:08 PM (No. 1272318)
Apologies for a second post but #9 brought up something I hadn't thought about. The Burr Ridge area has been /is home to many Chicago sports stars in addition to Jackson. Frank Thomas, and many Blackhawk players including Coach "Q." The Stanley Cup was a fixture at every big event. There is also a good representation of CEO's and "Captains of Industry." The BEST part of this could be that a whole bunch local Chicago News anchors and reporters also are Burr Ridge area residents. For the most part they lean Left so that the reporting on this could get very interesting.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
bighambone 9/8/2022 6:40:42 PM (No. 1272405)
This is what the Democrats do. Do you think that the Biden crew has ever given local or State governments advanced notice when they decide to transport any of the four and a half million illegal aliens to their cities or towns, who Biden and the Democrats have allowed to unlawfully enter the USA in violation of the U.S. immigration laws. If so, think again!
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mifla 9/9/2022 5:29:12 AM (No. 1272695)
Lori: "Send them to the people who vote against us."
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
Faithfully 9/9/2022 4:10:02 PM (No. 1273186)
Cool. Then third and fourth generation Chicago suburbanites will understand. The virtue signaling mavens with the BLM signs on their lawns will go truly WOKE.
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Unlike Cook, DuPage County is not a "sanctuary" county.