MULTIPLE SUBURBS ARE TAKING ACTION TO PREVENT FURTHER ANNOUNCE MIGRANT DROP-OFFS IN THEIR TOWNS.

THIS COMES AFTER CHICAGO'S CITY COUNCIL PASSED AN ORDINANCE ALLOWING OFFICIALS TO IMPOUND BUSES, BRINGING MIGRANTS TO THE AREA OUTSIDE OFFICIAL HOURS AND LANDING ZONES.

IT'S LED MULTIPLE SUBURBS TO FOLLOW IN THEIR FOOTSTEPS BY PASSING SIMILAR EMERGENCY POLICY.

JOINING US NOW ARE LEADERS OF 2 OF THOSE COMMUNITIES, MAYOR WOODSTOCK, MIKE TURNER, A COMMUNITY LOCATED ABOUT 50 MILES OUTSIDE OUTSIDE OF CHICAGO.

AND MAYOR OF KNOW, CHICAGO, LEON ROCKINGHAM JUNIOR NOW.

THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US NOW, MAYOR TURNER, STARTING WITH YOU, YOUR CITY PASSED AN ORDINANCE OR EARLIER THIS WEEK AFTER RECEIVING AN UNSCHEDULED BUS.

WHAT DOES THAT ORDINANCE AND TELL?

>> WELL, THE ORDINANCE IS MODELED AFTER THE CITY OF CHICAGO AND CITY OF AURORA, ORDINANCE.

HAS A FINE FOR PER PERSON AND OVERALL HEINEN AND THE ABILITY TO IMPOUND THE BUS.

SO IT'S JUST SIMPLY MEANT TO DISCOURAGE.

AND THE GUIDEPOST FROM DOING THESE ANNOUNCED DROP-OFFS AND WOODSTOCK.

>> AND WHY WAS IT IMPORTANT TO TAKE THIS MEASURE?

YOU JUST MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT RIGHT NOW.

>> THE REASON IS THAT, YOU KNOW, CLEARLY, YOU KNOW, CITY OF CHICAGO PUT IN PLACE THE ORDINANCE AND IT WAS SUCCESSFUL BECAUSE THOSE EARLY SOMEWHAT BECAUSE THERE ARE A NUMBER GOING ON ELSEWHERE IN THE CHICAGO METRO AREA, WHERE DOES NOT EQUIPPED AS A CITY TO HANDLE THAT THE MIGRANTS THEY GET DROPPED OFF THERE.

AND SO WE DECIDED AS A COUNCIL THAT YOU KNOW, THAT WE SHOULD PUT IN PLACE A SIMILAR ORDINANCE TO AVOID THOSE DROP-OFFS.

>> AND MAYOR ROCKINGHAM GOING TO YOUR CITY HAS TAKING PREVENTIVE MEASURES AND PASTOR OWN ORDINANCE.

HOW COME?

>> WELL, I AS A TURNER DEBT, WE JUST WANT TO BE A PROACTIVE MAKE SURE YOU KNOW, THE BUSES THAT ARE COMING IN THAT WE ARE AWARE OF THEY'RE COMING.

YOU KNOW, WE WE PASSED A SIMILAR ORDINANCE THAT THAT THEY HAVE TO US KNOW.

72 HOURS IN ADVANCE THEY CANNOT DROP OFF BETWEEN O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING AT 5 O'CLOCK IN THE MORNING.

AND THEY'RE NOT THEN WE ALSO HAVE FUN TO PUT IN PLACE.

ALSO BETWEEN 1000 TO $5,000 APPEARED DEPENDING ON THE SEVERITY.

AND WE JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE IT NOT FOR THE MIGRANTS IS MORE FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF THE BUS COMPANIES THEMSELVES SO THAT WE KNOW WE ARE MADE AWARE IF THEY'RE COMING IN AND AND THAT WAY GIVES AS I HEADS UP, BEING ABLE TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE TAKING CARE OF THEM.

ALSO.

>> AND HAVE EITHER OF YOU HEARD ANY KIND OF COMMUNICATION FROM TEXAS.

CINCY'S ORDINANCE PASSED.

I'M GOING TO YOU, MAYOR TURNER.

>> YOU KNOW, WE'VE WE'VE HEARD WE HAVE ONE DROP OFF PRIOR TO THE ORDINANCE ON DECEMBER 30TH.

WE DIDN'T HEAR ANYTHING THEN AND WE HAVEN'T HEARD ANYTHING SINCE.

>> HOW ABOUT YOU ROCKING A MAYOR?

ROCKINGHAM?

>> I KNOW WE HAVE NOT HEARD OF YOU KNOW, I MEAN, ALL WE CAN SAY IS, YOU KNOW, FROM THE NEWS THAT WE OUT THERE THAT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE BOXES THAT ARE COMING TO CHICAGO.

AND AND, YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE QUITE CERTAIN THAT THEY'RE NOT GOING MAKE IT TO CHICAGO'S THAT, YOU KNOW, THEY MAY BE, YOU KNOW, SURROUND SUBURBS, THAT THEY BE DROPPED OFF.

SO WE JUST NEED TO BE A IN APPROACH TOWARDS IT.

>> AND MAYOR TURNER, WANT TO GO TO YOU CAN TAKE US BACK TO DECEMBER 30TH WHEN YOU HAD A BUS ABOUT ABOUT 40 MIGRANTS ARRIVED, THERE IMMEDIATE REACTION LIKE >> SO WE HAD TALKED ABOUT IT AS A CITY IS THE STEPS THAT WE WOULD TO GET THEM IMMEDIATE SHELTER IN THE TRAIN STATION, ACCESS TO AND THEN WITH AN INTENT TO GUIDE THEM ONTO THE TRAIN AND ENCOURAGE THEM TO TAKE THE TRAINS CHICAGO.

WE ALSO HAD PUTIN PLANS TO CONNECT WITH THE MCHENRY ORGANIZATION AS PART OF THE COUNTY'S 2, THEN CONTACT THE CITY SO THAT WHEN, YOU KNOW, FOLKS WENT ON THE TRAIN, THAT THEY WERE THEN BY SOMEBODY FROM CHICAGO WHICH HANDLES THE, YOU KNOW, FOLKS THAT COULD GET DROPPED OFF THERE.

ALSO SAY THAT OUR COMMUNITY AFTER HEARING THAT THEY'RE GOING TO DROP OFF.

ACTUALLY, WE HAVE SOME GOOD SAMARITANS THAT CAME THROUGH AND CAME OVER THE TRAIN STATION DROPPED WINTER BROUGHT FOOD HELP COORDINATE, YOU KNOW, THINGS FOR THE FOLKS THAT WERE THERE.

SO THERE'S A COMMUNITY OUT.

THERE WAS A COMMUNITY INITIATIVE, YOU WOULD SAY.

I I WOULD SAY IT WAS A COMMUNITY REACTION BECAUSE YOU KNOW WHERE WE WERE.

WE WERE HEARTFELT AND CONCERNED ABOUT YOU KNOW, DESPITE THE BUS ORDINANCE IS NOT ANTI MIGRANT, IT'S KIND OF JUST TO AVOID CHAOS THAT COMES WITH IT.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE FOLKS THAT WANT TO TAKE CARE OF THESE THESE FOLKS AND WE DID FOR THE TIME THEY WERE IN WOODSTOCK.

>> NOW IT SEEMS BUSES ARE NOT STOPPING ANYTIME SOON.

CHICAGO HAS AT LEAST ISSUED 95 CITATIONS AND IMPOUNDED 2 BUSES FOR VIOLATING THE RULES.

ARE YOU HOPEFUL TEXAS WILL RESPECT THESE ORDINANCE?

MAYOR ROCKINGHAM?

>> WELL, YOU KNOW, YOU YOU WOULD HOPE YOU KNOW, ANYTHING THAT'S IN PLACE THAT, YOU KNOW, ANY COMMUNITY ARE ANY STATE.

RESPECT?

YOU KNOW, THE COMMITMENT THAT YOU KNOW, YOUR YOUR YOUR ORGANIZATION OR COMMUNITY IS PUTTING OUT AT THIS POINT.

IT DOESN'T LOOK LIKE THAT'S SO AGAIN, WE MUST BE PREPARED.

I KNOW FROM MY CHIEF OF STAFF MY POLICE AND FIRE DEPARTMENT, WE'VE ALREADY PUT PLATE THINGS IN PLACE.

SO IF THEY DO WE ARE WE HAVE WORK YOU KNOW, NORTH CHICAGO'S HOME TO NAVAL STATION GREAT LAKES.

WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH THEM.

SO THINK IF SOME CASE THAT THEY ARE DROPPED OFF LATE AT NIGHT, WE ARE ABLE TO GET COTS AND BLANKETS.

WE ARE WE HAVE PUT IN PLACE WHERE WE WOULD GET FOOD AND SHELTER FOR THEM AND ALSO JUST, YOU KNOW, IN THE PENDING ON THE THE TIME.

ALSO JUST IN CASE THERE ARE HEALTH NEEDS THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN PLACE OR NEED TO BE TAKEN CARE OF.

SO WE PUT THESE THESE THINGS AND HOPEFULLY WE WON'T BE ABLE WHAT WON'T NECESSARILY HAVE TO USE SOME.

BUT IF THEY IF THEY DO COME, WE ARE ARE READY TO GO.

>> TURNER, WHAT WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS?

YOU KNOW, FOR THE LAST YEAR, YOU I'M SURE YOU'VE SEEN THE CRISIS THAT HAS BEEN HAPPENING IN CHICAGO.

THE BUSES ARRIVING THERE AND YOU ONLY HAD ONE BUS WITH 40 ASYLUM SEEKERS ARRIVE TO YOUR AREA.

YOU KNOW, WHAT ARE YOUR THOUGHTS ON WHAT MAYOR ROCKINGHAM HAD JUST MENTIONED?

NOW?

>> YOU KNOW, I THINK THE YOU KNOW, HIS RESPONSE SOUNDS VERY SIMILAR TO OURS THAT HE'S, YOU KNOW, WE WE BOTH ARE SETTING YOU KNOW, WAYS FOR OUR SMALLER COMMUNITIES TO HELP OUT IN THE SITUATION WITH FOCUS.

FOLKS SHOW OUR GOAL IS TO BE HUMANITY.

YOU KNOW, HUMANITARIANS AND TO ASSIST TO THE EXTENT THAT WE CAN.

WE DON'T HAVE THE ABILITY, YOU KNOW, TO TAKE ON ANY KIND OF PERMANENT HOUSING OR MEDIUM-TERM HOUSING WERE RESPONSES FOR FOLKS.

YOU KNOW, I LEAVE THAT TO RESOURCES THAT COME INTO THE CITY OF CHICAGO.

I CERTAINLY UNDERSTAND AND EMPATHIZE WITH THE SITUATION AND MAYOR JOHNSON IS WHAT HE'S HAVING TO DEAL WITH WITH THIS.

AND I THINK AT THE END OF THE DAYS, YOU KNOW, A SOLUTION NEEDS TO OCCUR AT THE FEDERAL LEVEL SO THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SOME ABILITY TO MANAGE WHAT'S GOING ON WE DON'T CAUSE PROBLEMS IN TEXAS OR CHICAGO OR, YOU KNOW, IN OR CHICAGO OR WITH STAR.

>> AND TALKING ABOUT THE MAYOR, ROCKINGHAM, YOU KNOW, THESE ARE 2 SMALL SUBURBS.

WILL WE JUST SHARE THE SOME OF THE BIGGEST CHALLENGES FOR THE SUBURBS WHEN IT COMES TO 80 MIGRANTS?

>> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE BIGGEST THING FINANCIAL, YOU KNOW, COMMUNITIES.

YOU KNOW, OUR BUDGETS ARE VERY SMALL, YOU KNOW, TAKE ON SOMETHING LIKE THIS YOU KNOW, WE JUST WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO HANDLE, YOU KNOW, EVEN AS WE ARE WORKING THROUGH SOME OF THIS YOU KNOW, WE'RE WE'RE WORKING THROUGH OUR LAKE COUNTY COUNCIL OF MAYORS.

WE ALL COME TOGETHER AND SPEAK ON THE ISSUE.

BUT, YOU KNOW, OUR OUR BIGGEST CONCERN YOU KNOW, MAKING SURE THAT WE HAVE THE RESOURCES THAT IF THEY DO COME, YOU KNOW, WE ARE ABLE TAKE CARE OF THAT.

FINANCIALLY AND AND BUDGET REALLY WE'RE JUST CAPABLE OF HANDLING SOMETHING, YOU KNOW, TO THAT MAGNITUDE.

>> AND I WANT TO HEAR FROM BOTH OF YOU SAYS A LAST QUESTION.

WHAT ARE SOME SOLUTIONS OR HELP OUR LEADERS ACROSS THE STATE ASKING FOR MAYOR TURNER TO YOU?

>> WELL, SO I YOU KNOW, FROM MY PERSPECTIVE AS MAYOR, WE'RE GOING TO BE CAN PASS.

AND AND IF IF FOLKS SHOULD HAPPEN TO SHOW UP AND GET DROPPED OFF, WE WANT TO HELP THEM TO THE EXTENT WE CAN.

BUT WE ALSO HAVE LIMITS AS MAYOR ROCKING INSTATED FINANCIALLY AND OUR ABILITY OUR OUR STAFFING AND MONETARY RESOURCES.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT?

WHAT I WANT TO SEE HAVE HAPPENED IS THAT, YOU KNOW, CHICAGO NEEDS MORE ASSISTANCE TO HELP MANAGE IS IN FLUX.

AND WE ALSO, AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, WE HAVE TO HAVE A SOLUTION AT A NATIONAL LEVEL TO TO MANAGING THIS BETTER SO ALL OF US AND INCLUDING THE FOLKS WHO WANT TO COME HERE, YOU KNOW, ARE DOING IN A WAY THAT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S EASIER FOR ALL OF US TO TO HELP MAN.

>> WELL, THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING US ALL THE TIME.

WE HAVE THINK IT TO MAYOR TURNER