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3-year-old migrant girl dies aboard bus headed from Texas to Chicago (www.cbsnews.com)

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Not just any bus as the headline implies, but one of Texas Gov Greg Abbott's trafficking asylum seekers to Democratic cities as a political stunt.

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[–] autotldr@lemmings.world 2 points 1 year ago

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A 3-year-old migrant girl riding a bus carrying asylum seekers from Texas to Chicago died Thursday in Southern Illinois, authorities said.

The girl died at a hospital in Marion County, an official for the Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed to CBS News.

Texas officials said in a statement that when the girl "presented with health concerns," the bus "pulled over and security personnel on board called 911 for emergency attention."

Greg Abbott is one of several Republican governors in southern states who have authorized the bussing of thousands of migrants to Democratic-run cities since early 2022 as part of an ongoing political battle over immigration policies.

Abbott has sent several migrant buses to Los Angeles in recent months, while Florida Gov.

"State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said of the practice in June.