Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot cast doubt on Gov. Greg Abbott’s Christian faith in remarks that accused Texas Republicans of driving immigrants from the southern border to the Windy City. “He professes to be a Christian,” Lightfoot said at a news conference Sunday. “That’s not the Christianity and the teachings of the Bible that I know. And I think religious leaders across the country are standing up and denouncing just that.” Lightfoot held a press conference after about 50 more immigrants by bus from Texas arrived in Chicago over the Labor Day weekend. Abbott has been sending buses of immigrants to liberal cities like Washington, D.C., New York and New York since April. “President Biden’s inaction on our southern border continues to endanger the lives of Texans — and Americans — and shatter our communities,” Abbott said last week as he announced the first busloads of migrants arriving in Chicago. MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT UNLEASHES TEXAS GOVERNMENT. ABBOTT AFTER 50 OTHER IMMIGRANTS ARE BUSED TO CHICAGO Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot / Texas Governor Greg Abbott (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune/Tribune News Service via Getty Images // Rodger Mallison/Fort Worth Star-Telegram/Tribune News Service via Getty Images) “To continue to provide much-needed relief to our small, marginalized border towns, Chicago will join other sanctuary cities Washington, DC and New York as an additional drop-off location. Mayor Lightfoot is passionate about supporting her city’s responsibility to welcome all regardless of legal status, and I look forward to seeing that responsibility in action as these immigrants receive resources from a sanctuary city with the capacity to serve them.” Abbott’s office told Fox News Digital later Monday that “attacking the Governor’s commitment to his faith is a pathetic political ploy to shift the conversation away from Mayor Lightfoot’s reluctance to maintain her city’s sanctuary status.” . “Where was Mayor Lightfoot’s outrage and condemnation of President Biden as he flew truckloads of immigrants across the country and dropped them in communities in the dead of night?” Abbott’s press secretary, Renae Eze, followed up on the statement on Monday. “Instead of vile personal attacks on the Governor and complaints about a few dozen immigrants being bused into her sanctuary city, Mayor Lightfoot should be calling on President Biden to take immediate action on border security – which the President continues to do to fail to do’. Lightfoot condemned the decision to bus them as “racist” and added in her remarks on Sunday that the policy was “unpatriotic”. TEXAS BUSES CARRYING IMMIGRANTS TO NYC PROMOTE DEMS FIGHT, ABBOTT TELLS THEM TO TAKE IT ON BIDEN “I think it’s decidedly unpatriotic and un-American,” he said. “I understand the pressures that the people of Texas and some of the other border states are under. We see it on a daily basis. But that’s not what we need to do. That creates a human crisis. And treating people without dignity, without respect, we are not who we are as Americans.” Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduces Jazmine Sullivan during the first day of Lollapalooza 2022 in Grant Park on July 28, 2022, in Chicago. (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Lightfoot’s comments echo those of New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who said the busing of migrants in Abbott’s direction to New York is “appalling.” The Center for Immigration Studies released a report in June that said the “foreign-born population” in the US had increased by more than 2 million since President Biden took office. In May alone, the number of migrant encounters at the southern border set a new record at 239,416 encounters. NYC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS BLASTS TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT AFTER SECOND BUS OF MIGRANTS ARRIVE: ‘THIS IS HORRIBLE’ Conservative leaders in border states and across the country criticized Biden for his immigration policies, including ending the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” policy by announcing a plan that ultimately failed to offer citizenship to 11 million illegal immigrants in the first place of his presidential term. , relaxing border enforcement policies, among other things. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news conference in Austin, Texas on June 8, 2021 (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File) Abbott’s office has previously instructed Democratic leaders of cities where migrants are taken to discuss the issue with the president and secure the border. “What’s appalling is the thousands of illegal immigrants flooding in and overwhelming our border communities with populations smaller than New York City, and Mayor Adams being hypocritically upset to welcome a few dozen to his sanctuary city,” he told Fox News. Abbott spokeswoman Renae Eze. Digital last month. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APP “If the mayor wants a solution to this crisis, he should call on President Biden to take immediate action on border security — something the President continues to fail to do,” he added.
