Lightfoot declares emergency amid new surge of immigrant arrivals: ‘We’ve reached a breaking point’

Mayor Lori Lightfoot, shown Tuesday at a City Hall news conference, where she discussed her decision to declare a state of emergency as the city tries to cope with a surge of new arrivals, many of them migrants or asylum-seekers bused here by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Claiming Chicago’s migrant crisis has reached “a breaking point,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday issued an emergency declaration as the city tries to deal with a surge of new arrivals in recent weeks.

The migrants, asylum-seekers and others, with many families among them, include another 48 people “inhumanely” bused here by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, arriving Tuesday, according to Lightfoot.