More migrants from Texas arrive in Chicago, the fourth group of buses in less than two weeks

Nearly 100 more migrants arrived from Texas on Friday in buses at Union Station, making it the fourth round of asylum-seekers sent to Chicago by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in less than two weeks as a way to criticize the nation’s immigration policies.

The group of mostly men — with a handful of women and children — from Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela arrived about 4:15 p.m. and disembarked from the two buses before lining up to board two CTA buses that had been waiting hours for them.

The migrants carried only small possessions in clear plastic bags as they made their way from bus to bus. Some smiled and waved. Others rushed to the buses, where Erendira Rendon, vice president of immigrant justice at The Resurrection Project, welcomed them and told them in Spanish where they were being taken and the options they have.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office said the group was being taken to a religious organization for intake.

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