A plane carrying migrants from Texas landed about 1 a.m. Sunday at the Rockford International Airport, and the migrants were “offloaded and immediately boarded buses” headed toward Chicago, according to officials.
By late Sunday afternoon, some passengers from the plane had arrived in the Chicago’s migrant landing zone in the West Loop, a city spokesperson said.
It was the second such private plane chartered by Texas officials, and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott “is determined to continue to sow seeds of chaos” amid the migrant crisis. Johnson called on Congress to provide the necessary resources to deal with the issue and better coordination between all levels of government.
In a social media post, Rockford officials said there were 355 migrants on the flight. The officials “were given limited notice” the migrants were arriving.
Chicago officials said the plane was a private Boeing 777 coming from San Antonio, and that after landing,…
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