Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Since Jan. 1, Chicago has received 74 busloads of migrants; sixty-six of those buses have arrived in the past three months. The total number of migrants bused to Chicago is more than 12,000 so far. The city says 959 migrants are still waiting to be placed in a shelter somewhere, currently staying at police stations and the two airports.
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Brandon: Hold My Beer!
I believe only about 2/3 of the 12,000 migrants have been bused in from Texas. And Chicago already has untold 100s of thousands of undocumented immigrants already living here. The 12,000 new arrival migrants is just a drop in the bucket
Easy solution – send ‘em back to where they were born.
It will cost less in the long run.
Civil unrest is caustic and likely to occur. My hope is that it doesn’t happen, but rhetoric at public meetings is getting threatening.
Dulce Hogar Chicago!