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Chicago will host the 2024 DNC at the United Center from Aug. 19
to 22. The convention will likely take place in the middle of a
continued influx of migrants being transported to Chicago after
crossing the southern U.S. border. About 15,000 migrants have
arrived in Chicago over the past 13 months. Many have been left
without adequate resources and the city is facing a lack of
funding to properly care for the arrivals.
On CBS's Face The Nation Sunday, Pritzker was asked if he thinks
the city will be able to handle the convention in the middle of
a migrant influx.
"I am confident that we can handle it. But again, it will
require help from the federal government, and someone needs to
work in Texas with these border politicians to have them stop
sending people only to blue cities and blue states," Pritzker
said.
Pritzker went on to urge the Biden administration to coordinate
where the non-citizens are transported.
"The President of the United States and the White House have the
ability to help disperse folks across the country. That will
help a lot," Pritzker said. "But we are managing in the city of
Chicago and the state of Illinois as best we can in the
circumstances, but not if just those few politicians in Texas
are taking responsibility for this."
State Rep. Kevin Schmidt, R-Millstadt, told The Center Square
that any issues that may come up around the DNC will be a direct
result of Pritzker's handling of the situation.
"The Democrats in Illinois have kind of made this problem on
their own by making Illinois a sanctuary state," Schmidt said.
"You have got a lot of liberal elites that are in favor of
certain ideologies and policies, but whenever it hits home, and
they see it in person, it's a little different world then. They
don't want that in their backyard. They want it in someone
else's, which is pretty typical for a liberal elitist."
The convention will be the first in the Windy City since 1996
and will be hosted by the United Center on the city's west side.
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