After another bus loaded with illegal aliens was dropped off in the northwestern suburbs of Woodstock, Illinois, the town council immediately held a meeting and passed an ordinance aimed at cracking down on buses leaving illegal border crossers in town. was approved.
City passed it Buses were required to submit applications five days before dropping off passengers in the town, about 80 miles northwest of Chicago, the paper said. northwest herald.
The rules also include fines of $10,000 per bus and $750 per passenger for violating the five-day filing requirement. The city would also be allowed to seize buses that violate the ordinance.
In Woodstock, several buses filled with migrants were seen being dropped off near the station so they could board Mayor Brandon Johnson's train to Chicago.
Woodstock City Councilman Gordy Tebo supported the new measure because the small community of only about 25,000 residents does not have the resources to care for homeless illegal aliens.
“I was appalled that this happened to people,” Tebo said after the bus started dropping people off.
“We don't have the resources to do it. We would love to do it, but we don't have those resources,” the councilman reportedly said. herald.
Woodstock Mayor Mike Turner noted that the new bus ordinance is modeled after one passed in Chicago last month.
“For the City of Woodstock, our approach is to encourage and direct these immigrants to accept transportation to the City of Chicago by train or bus so that they can utilize the City of Chicago/Illinois/Federal Government.” “We have determined that there are resources available to provide assistance to them,” the mayor said. Said In a Facebook post.
Woodstock City Councilor Melissa McMahon added that immigrants of all ages were dropped off at the city's train station.
“I've seen people from children as young as 18 months to the elderly not prepared for this weather,” McMahon said, according to WLS-TV. “When we saw what looked like a nondescript white tour bus, we thought, 'Hmm,' and we knew what was going on.”
Woodstock joins a growing list of Chicago-area cities that have passed ordinances banning or restricting bus drop-offs.
As Breitbart News reported, the Chicago suburbs of Rosemont and Cicero have passed ordinances restricting or banning buses that drop off homeless illegal immigrants within their jurisdictions.
Two suburban Chicago cities last week refused to accept buses carrying migrants arriving from El Paso, Texas, as the city and the entire state of Illinois continue to face an influx of illegal immigrants from the southern border.
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However, WLS-TV add Aurora, Matteson, Elburn, Chicago Ridge and Posen also passed similar rules, he said.
Cities across Chicago's north side are pushing back against Chicago and Illinois Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker's insistence on “sanctuary cities.”
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