Chicago prepares for ‘upwards of 25,000’ additional illegal immigrant arrivals ahead of DNC

The city’s deputy mayor of immigration said Tuesday that officials are anticipating and preparing for the possibility of a large influx of migrants from the southern border to coincide with the city’s hosting of the Democratic National Convention.

“We have anticipated through discussions with people at the border also what we see happening at the border and comments made by the Texas governor that we would need upwards of 25,000 beds,” Deputy Mayor of Immigration Beatriz Ponce de León told aldermen at a meeting of the city council’s Committee on Immigrant and Refugee Rights.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott at last week’s Republican National Convention told attendees the bussing of people who crossed the southern border to other cities would continue “until we finally secure our border.”