CV NEWS FEED // Left-wing Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson pleaded for the Biden administration to provide more money to his city, which due to the ongoing border crisis has a skyrocketing and unsustainable migrant population.
“Without real significant investment from our federal government, it won’t just be the city of Chicago that won’t be able to maintain this mission,” Johnson said on CNN Wednesday morning. “It’s the entire country that is now at stake.”
“I’ve said repeatedly that we need more resources,” Johnson explained.
“I’ve asked for $15 billion for the entire country,” he continued. “I know I have a congressional delegation here in Illinois that has asked for $10 billion.”
Despite his requests, Johnson praised the White House for its “technical support,” adding that he “appreciates” the administration’s support of “work authorization to put people on the pathway to sustainability.”
The self-styled “progressive” also took a shot Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. “In no way what the state of Texas is doing is helping the cause,” Johnson said.
As FOX News reported:
[Abbott] has been bussing migrants into [Chicago] since last year to highlight the impact of illegal immigration on border towns in his state. Earlier this month, Chicago passed an ordinance imposing penalties for buses dropping off migrants in the city without a permit. Johnson has also filed dozens of lawsuits against companies transporting migrants.
Johnson slammed the Texas policy as “reckless” and “dangerous.”
Also per FOX, “over 20,000 migrants have appeared in the Windy City since August 2022.”
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“Sanctuary city Chicago started obstructing and targeting our busing mission,” Abbott wrote on X (formerly Twitter) last week.
“Texas will now expand our operation to include flights to Chicago,” the Texas governor went on to say:
Until Biden steps up to secure the border, we will continue to provide overwhelmed Texas border towns with much-needed relief.
During the several months he has been mayor, Johnson has repeatedly supported maintaining Chicago’s status as a sanctuary city.
Two weeks ago, Chicago’s FOX affiliate reported that Johnson and his allies on the City Council
used a parliamentary maneuver to squelch an advisory referendum that would have allowed Chicago voters to weigh in on whether Chicago should remain a sanctuary city.
Johnson ruled that the proposed referendum championed by Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) needed a two-thirds vote, or 33 alderpersons, to suspend the rules so that it could be considered because it had not been approved by the Rules Committee.
The Council voted 31-16 not to suspend the rules.
Johnson is not the first Democratic mayor to call for immigration aid from the president after championing his city’s sanctuary status.
In recent months, New York City Mayor Eric Adams has emerged as a prominent critic of Biden’s response to the migrant crisis. When campaigning for mayor in 2021, Adams was adamant that the Big Apple would remain a sanctuary city under his administration.
