Coverage dated August 31, 2022 to September 1, 2022

Migrants sent by Texas governor arrive in Chicago seeking 'better future'

Headline from FOX 5 New York

Bused from Texas, a group of migrants shipped out to sanctuary cities arrived in Chicago Wednesday night as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to send undocumented immigrants into Democrat-led cities.

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45 articles, oldest first.

  1. CBS News

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sends bus of migrants to Chicago (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Abbott's practice of sending migrants to sanctuary cities has already drawn plenty of consternation and controversy.

  2. Breitbart News

    Texas Governor Begins Busing Migrants to Chicago (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    Texas Governor Greg Abbott delivered a busload of migrants to Chicago Wednesday, marking the expansion of sanctuary city destinations.

  3. KVUE

    Texas adds Chicago to list of cities its sending buses of migrants, Gov. Abbott announces (opens KVUE)

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    KVUE's feed description

    The first bus of migrants headed to Chicago arrived on Wednesday, according to the governor.

  4. FOX 5 New York

    Migrants sent by Texas governor arrive in Chicago seeking 'better future' (opens FOX 5 New York)

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    FOX 5 New York's feed description

    Bused from Texas, a group of migrants shipped out to sanctuary cities arrived in Chicago Wednesday night as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s plan to send undocumented immigrants into Democrat-led cities.

  5. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    75 migrants bused from Texas arrive in Chicago (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    Seventy-five immigrants bused from Texas by Gov. Greg Abbott have arrived in Chicago, the latest chapter of the bitter political battle over the immigration policy of President Joe Biden's administration.

  6. Al Jazeera

    Texas buses migrants to Chicago, worsening political tensions (opens Al Jazeera)

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    Al Jazeera's feed description

    Governor Greg Abbott says the buses are needed because President Joe Biden has failed to secure the southern border.

  7. The Pantagraph

    Chicago becomes latest stop for migrants bused from Texas (opens The Pantagraph)

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    The Pantagraph's feed description

    Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said in addition to Washington, D.C., and New York City, Chicago is a drop-off location for the busing strategy in response to overcrowding at the border.

  8. KYMA Yuma

    The first bus carrying migrants from the US-Mexico border in Texas arrives in Chicago, officials say (opens KYMA Yuma)

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    KYMA Yuma's feed description

    The state of Texas, which for several months has bussed thousands of newly arrived migrants at the US-Mexico border to New York City and Washington, DC, has set a new metropolitan area as a destination: Chicago.

  9. Hiawatha World Online

    Texas governor sends first bus to Chicago of foreign nationals in U.S. illegally (opens Hiawatha World Online)

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    Hiawatha World Online's feed description

    (The Center Square) – The first bus carrying foreign nationals who crossed the southern border illegally arrived in Chicago Wednesday as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expanded the state’s busing strategy

  10. Fox News

    Texas sends buses of migrants to Chicago for first time, dropped off at train station (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Texas officials sent buses carrying migrants to Chicago on Wednesday night, both arrived around 7:30 p.m., adding to Democrat cities selected for drop-off locations.

  11. Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier

    Texas buses 75 migrants to Chicago in political battle (opens Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier)

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    Waterloo-Cedar Falls Courier's feed description

    Chicago officials say 75 immigrants have arrived in the city on buses from Texas, as part of a border policy by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office confirmed

  12. Washington Times

    Texas ships first batch of illegal immigrants to Chicago (opens Washington Times)

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    Washington Times's feed description

    Chicago is the latest target for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s campaign to bus illegal immigrants to Democrat-led cities, after the Republican governor announced the first busload arrived Wednesday.

  13. St. Louis Post-Dispatch

    Texas governor now busing migrants to Chicago (opens St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

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    St. Louis Post-Dispatch's feed description

    Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office confirmed that the group arrived on Wednesday night and said the city welcomes them.

  14. CBS News

    City of Chicago, social service agencies team up to provide shelter for migrants sent from Texas (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    The migrants arrived on a bus that let them off outside Union Station​ Wednesday night.

  15. Fox32 Chicago

    Texas sends buses of migrants to Chicago for first time, dropped off at Union Station (opens Fox32 Chicago)

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    Fox32 Chicago's feed description

    The buses arrived at Chicago's Union Station at around 7:30 p.m., carrying migrants who crossed the southern border illegally.

  16. The Guardian

    75 migrants bussed from Texas arrive in Chicago as part of Greg Abbott policy (opens The Guardian)

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    The Guardian's feed description

    Texas’s Republican governor has sent migrants to Chicago, New York and Washington DC, all of which have Democratic mayors

  17. FOX 4 Dallas

    Texas sends bus of migrants to Chicago, mayor calls program 'racist' (opens FOX 4 Dallas)

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    FOX 4 Dallas's feed description

    80 to 100 people arrived at Chicago's Union Station as a part of Gov. Greg Abbott's program busing migrants who illegally crossed the southern border to cities run by Democrats.

  18. Quad-City Times

    Texas begins busing migrants to Chicago (opens Quad-City Times)

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    Quad-City Times's feed description

    About 60 migrants arrived in Chicago Wednesday on buses from Texas as part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott’s ongoing policy to send undocumented immigrants to so-called “sanctuary cities.”

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