Chicago officials say that for the first time, the Texas Division of Emergency Management has sent a private chartered plane carrying asylum-seekers to O’Hare Airport.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s office confirmed the state is responsible for the flight that departed from El Paso, and said more than 120 passengers were on board. A spokesman for Abbott said the state was “expanding our operation” to include sending migrants by plane to Chicago, in addition to the hundreds of buses they’ve already used to transport migrants to the city since last year.
