Mayor Johnson cancels trip to Mexico border for look at migrant crisis, will send aides instead

Mayor Brandon Johnson called off his trip to the Mexico border and will instead send a team of aides to get a firsthand look at the migrant crisis. (Anthony Vazquez/Sun-Times)

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Monday called off a trip to the Mexican border and will instead focus on the ongoing migrant crisis creating hardship in Chicago.

A delegation led by Beatriz Ponce de Leon, deputy mayor of immigrant, migrant and refugee rights, will lead a small delegation to four Texas cities that are the primary points of departure for migrants traveling to Chicago by bus and air: El Paso, San Antonio, McAllen and Brownsville.