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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
National
Michael Loria

Wave of Chicago suburbs move to block migrant arrivals

A migrant gets off a bus at Chicago’s designated “landing zone” for new arrivals at 800 S. Desplaines St. (Pat Nabong/Sun-Times)

As Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues skirting Chicago’s rules for buses ferrying migrants to the city by dropping off asylum-seekers in the suburbs, several municipalities are responding by passing measures of their own to limit or block arrivals.

The measures by surrounding municipalities include ordinances regulating or preventing bus drop-offs and taxes aimed at blocking the use of local hotels/motels as shelters and even symbolic “non-sanctuary” declarations.

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