Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot suggests she'd be 'happy to drain Texas' of all its residents: 'We'll lease the buses'

Democrat Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot mentioned that she'd be "happy to drain Texas of all its residents" and welcome them to Chicago after Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent two buses with migrants onboard to Chicago's Union Station.

Lightfoot designed the feedback through a Thursday push meeting right after the migrants' arrival.

"I am happy to acquire and drain Texas, of all of its citizens," Lightfoot said. "I would not want to stay in a state with a governor like that. I certainly wouldn't want to reside in a point out wherever they are executing almost everything they can to strip people today of their primary legal rights. And let us not forget about about what they've completed to females and others who had been searching for reproductive health treatment."

Lightfoot additional that she welcomes "Texans to Chicago" and explained that "we are going to hire the buses upcoming time to convey them listed here."

CHICAGO MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT SLAMS TEXAS GOV. ABBOTT AS A 'MAN Without ANY MORALS' Right after SENDING MIGRANT BUSES

Mayor Lori Lightfoot introduces Jazmine Sullivan during 2022 Lollapalooza day a person at Grant Park on July 28, 2022 in Chicago, Illinois (Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Visuals)

Having said that, details show that folks dwelling in Illinois are relocating away towards states like Texas.

In accordance to Forbes, citing USPS modify-of-address data, Illinois ranks No. 3 for states where by residents are leaving, and Texas ranks No. 1 for exactly where folks are going to.

Abbott despatched two buses from Texas to Chicago on Wednesday, which arrived at Union Station at 7:30 p.m., carrying migrants who illegally crossed the southern border.

The mayor says that 75 migrants were being on the two buses and added that many of them have been from Venezuela.

In a assertion immediately after the buses' arrival on Wednesday, Abbott mentioned that Chicago is staying additional as a "fall-off place" for long run migrant buses in reaction to "President Biden's open up border insurance policies overpowering border communities in Texas," becoming a member of the existing places of New York Town and Washington, D.C.

Lightfoot harshly criticized Abbott on Thursday, indicating he is a "guy without having any morals"

TEXAS SENDS BUSES OF MIGRANTS TO CHICAGO FOR Initially TIME, DROPPED OFF AT Coach STATION

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks at a news convention in Austin, Texas. (G3 Box News Photo/Eric Homosexual, File)

 "Permit me say loud and distinct to Greg Abbott and his enablers in Texas with these continued political stunts, Gov. Abbott has confirmed what regrettably several of us experienced identified currently, that he is a man with out any morals, humanity or shame," Lightfoot reported.

She also said that it is "my prayer" that Abbott "finds some humanity" and will not continue to mail buses of migrants to Chicago, but mentioned if he does, "we are prepared."

Abbott's office responded to her claims, stating that Lightfoot is staying an "absolute hypocrite."

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Migrants get there in Chicago from Texas (G3 Box News)

"In which was her outrage and condemnation of President Biden as he flew planeloads of migrants throughout the region and dropped them in communities in the cover of evening? Mayor Lightfoot knows almost nothing about Texas' busing tactic and wants to halt with the baseless lies and fearmongering. Texas carries on stepping up and responding to the Biden-created border disaster, using unprecedented action to tackle the historic stages of unlawful immigrants, terrorists, and lethal prescription drugs like fentanyl that are surging into our communities and overwhelming border cities," Abbott's press secretary Renea Eze said.

"If the mayor desires a answer to this humanitarian disaster, she should really cease complaining and call on President Biden to consider fast action to protected the border—something the President proceeds failing to do," Eze included.

G3 Box News' Timothy Nerozzi, Emma Colton, Liz Friden, Grady Trimble, Paul Finest, and Bill Melugin contributed to this report.