Illinois mayor reacts to governor's 'ill-advised' comment inferring 'xenophobia' amid Chicago migrant crisis

The Republican mayor of a town in the suburban Chicagoland area says that Governor J.B. Pritzker's office is calling him "xenophobic" for questioni...

September 11, 2022
9:26 AM

The Republican mayor of a town in the suburban Chicagoland area says that Governor J.B. Pritzker's office is calling him "xenophobic" for questioning why a busload of 64 migrants were shipped out of Chicago into his town.147 migrants were bused from Texas to Chicago on Wednesday and sixty-four of them were then taken to a Hampton Inn hotel in Burr Ridge, Illinois, which is outside of Chicago.Burr Ridge Mayor Gary Grasso, who is a Republican, told Fox News that he thinks the migrants are being used as "political pawns" by both Illinois Governor J.

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