CHICAGO (WBBM NEWSRADIO) — The City of Chicago said dozens of migrants sent to the state by Texas are being welcomed and talked to about their needs and where they want to go.
The approximately 75 men, women and children — who Texas Gov. Greg Abbott bused from his state to Chicago in protest of President Joe Biden’s immigration policies — spent the night at the Salvation Army Freedom Center in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.
Joe Dutra, spokesman for the Chicago Department of Family and Support Services, said they were able to get something to eat, to take showers and to get some rest after their long journey.
Shortly after 8:30 in the morning, the migrants were put on Chicago Transit Authority buses and taken to another facility where Dutra said the city would find out a little bit more about them.
“A whole crew of different city services are coming together alongside a large number of [non-government organizations], who are going to sit down with these individuals, better understand what their needs are, and connect them to the services they need in order to continue on a path,” Dutra said.
Dutra added that many of the migrants already have an idea of where they’d like to be.
“We do know that a lot of folks here have plans already, right?” Dutra said. “They know where they want to go, so we want to make sure that we can connect them to the services that they need in order to make sure that that happens.”
Dutra said the city is going to make the migrants feel welcome and will give them the human engagement, the respect and the dignity they deserve.
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