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Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson to visit US border as migrant crisis worsens

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CHICAGO — Mayor Brandon Johnson announced Wednesday he will visit the southern U.S. border imminently, as city predictions that buses from Texas would spike to new heights were turning true.

In a post-City Council news conference Wednesday afternoon, the mayor said Chicago was now expecting at least 14 — and as many as 22 — buses that day and delivered a promise: “I am going to the border as soon as possible.” He did

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