Black voters in Chicago are blasting Democrats for putting their pro-illegal alien agenda above the needs of the city and its residents.
Chicago’s black residents spoke out in interviews conducted by NumbersUSA this week as the Democratic National Convention (DNC) was held in the city.
The immigration policy advocacy group spoke to black Chicago residents, with many expressing discontent with the party’s policies on immigration that have affected their community.
Chicago welcomed over 46,000 illegal aliens since August 2022.
Many of the illegals were flown and bused in to the “sanctuary” city from Texas, according to city data.
“It’s just been a disaster,” Chicago resident Adrian Wright said.
“They started off putting the immigrants over in the police station, and as they started to move them out of the police station, they started to put them in our neighborhoods.
“The neighborhood didn’t want them.
“The residents, the citizens, we pushed back, but the deal was already done …
“They were bringing in a lot of military-aged men into the community, I mean, we’re not blind, we’re not stupid … unfortunately, the people who run this city, they don’t care what the people think.”
Chicago has spent approximately $150 million to feed and house migrants, with the single-day cost being $667,000.
Ahead of the DNC, Chicago had 5,000 beds ready for migrants and more in case of overflow.
“Everybody says that the Democratic party has an agenda behind bringing immigrants over, because they can no longer depend on the black vote, so they’re trying to replace our votes,” Pamela Henning, another Chicago resident, said.
Fox News anchor Jesse Watters reported on the comments from black voters during his show Thursday night.
WATCH:
Black voters support Harris by a wide margin, polling shows.
77% of black voters support Harris compared to 13% for President Donald Trump, according to Pew Research Data released Thursday.
Trump is gaining marginal ground with the demographic, with 12% supporting him in July compared with 9% in May and June, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.
Chicago resident Doris Lewis said:
“The Democratic party realizes that the black vote is dwindling because the Democratic party has not delivered for the black community in the way that the black community has delivered for the Democratic Party in terms of votes.”
Chicago’s Democrat Mayor Brandon Johnson said in June that the migrant crisis has become “unsustainable.”
The city began enforcing its 60-day limit for migrants in taxpayer-funded shelters in March.
During a June 12 press conference, Johnson blamed “Trump Republicans” for the Border crisis which erupted when the Biden-Harris administration reversed Trump’s successful immigration policies.
Voters appear to trust Trump more regarding handling immigration.
The 45th president holds a 13-point lead on the issue over Harris, according to a Fox News poll.
“Immigration, period, is a problem,” resident Terra Carter-Sinkevicius said.
“Illegal immigration is crushing the whole country.
“Stop saying, ‘I’m okay with the immigration,’ speak the truth.”
Illegal aliens also often take up jobs in sectors that frequently employ black Americans, with the increase in labor supply depressing wages.
However, corporate media outlets derided Trump when he said that illegals were taking “black jobs” at a Q&A at the National Association of Black Journalists.
“A lot of the American citizens, black citizens, did not realize what [migrants] were here for, but once they got here, they started to bring them into the black community, and we started to do research, and that’s when I found out that it was Kamala Harris that opened the borders up in California and allowed all the gangs, the Mexican gangs, to come across,” Chicago Pastor David Lowry explained.
According to official data, Border Patrol had over 2 million encounters at the southern border in fiscal year 2023, with 1.4 million already in fiscal year 2024.
Additionally, there have been 1.7 million known “gotaways” that evaded border patrol since President Joe Biden took office as of fiscal year 2023, according to the House Committee on Homeland Security.
“[Democrats] are making us think there’s no structure because they violated immigration laws by opening the borders,” Lowry said.
WATCH:
Local Chicago residents told us during the DNC that the Democratic Party has abandoned them, in favor of illegal aliens.
pic.twitter.com/fZqQeY5JuN— NumbersUSA (@NumbersUSA) August 23, 2024
