On the 20th of the United States, the Republican-run state of Texas recently dispatched a plane to transfer more than 120 illegal immigrants to the Democrat-run city of Chicago, Illinois, drawing criticism from the White House.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's office said that the plane took off from El Paso, Texas, and arrived in Chicago on the 19th, and the passengers on board were all immigrants who entered the United States illegally from Mexico.
A spokesman for Republican Abbott explained on the 20th that the reason why planes were used to transport migrants was because the city of Chicago had introduced new punitive measures against buses transporting migrants.
Texas has repeatedly used buses to transfer illegal immigrants to Chicago in the past, and some bus operators have sent illegal immigrants to cities around Chicago to avoid fines or detaining their vehicles, putting pressure on local resettlement. In an effort to rectify the chaos, Chicago City Hall announced last week that it would severely punish illegal immigrant transit buses that do not unload passengers at designated locations and do not register to fill out forms.
A spokesman for Abbott said that until Joseph Biden takes action to do his job to secure the border, Texas will continue to take this "historic action to address this crisis caused by Biden."
The White House later issued a statement criticizing Abbott for "once again showing how disregard and disrespect he is, and the latest political show is another manifestation of his extreme policy to demonize and dehumanize these individuals [illegal immigrants]."
Transit migrants "are increasingly becoming a means of partisan warfare in the United States." Since last year, Texas, Florida and other Republican-dominated states have repeatedly transferred illegal immigrants to Democrat-run cities, such as New York, Chicago, Los Angeles and Philadelphia, as a response to Biden and the Democratic Party.
How to settle these migrants is a headache for municipalities in Chicago and elsewhere. At present, many migrants are stranded at Chicago airports, police stations and other places, and some of them are forced to live in roadside tents in the cold winter. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson confirmed on the 18th that a 5-year-old immigrant boy was seriously unwell at a shelter on the 17th and died after being sent to the hospital. This matter has aroused ** concern. (END) (Wang Hongbin).