Illegal immigrants have been dropped off daily since Dec. 22. | Wikimedia Commons / Teemu08
Illegal immigrants have been dropped off daily since Dec. 22. | Wikimedia Commons / Teemu08
Elmhurst had 50 illegal immigrants dropped off by a bus on Jan. 9.
According to Emergency Management and Regional Security, the bus arrived at 7:45 p.m. at the Metra Station.
The illegal immigrants dropped off were said to have taken the Metra train to Chicago.
Three buses were forecast to follow on Jan. 10.
DuPage County has seen a significant increase in illegal immigrant drop-offs since the City of Chicago implemented fines and threatened to impound non-compliant buses that drop off illegal immigrants within city limits without prior notice.
Reports indicate that, in some cases, as many as 800 illegal immigrants have been dropped off in the state in a single day.
Heather Brown, representing West Chicago's Ward 2 and a candidate for Illinois State Senate District 25, revealed that DuPage County intends to impose restrictions following a significant influx of several hundred illegal immigrants in a single day.
“I’m trying to get ahold of people in the county and see what their plans are,” West Chicago, Ward 2 Alderman Heather Brown said last week.
Brown, a candidate for Illinois State Senate District 25, said she was notified DuPage County would be enacting restrictions after several hundred illegal immigrants were dropped off in the county in a single day.
During a recent Hinsdale Village Board meeting where drop-offs were prohibited, officials reported being notified by a bus driver that such occurrences were expected to continue through March.
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