Texas flies migrants to Illinois, with buses sent to Chicago, officials say

A plane carrying migrants from Texas landed at roughly 1 a.m. Sunday at the Rockford International Airport, Rockford, Ill., officials said, and the migrants were “offloaded and immediately boarded buses” to Chicago, according to Rockford officials.

A Rockford spokesperson did not immediately say how many migrants were aboard the plane, how they were alerted to the flight, or who had chartered the buses to Chicago’s loading zone, but WTVO-TV in Rockford reported the plane was a Boeing 777 capable of holding up to 388 passengers, and at least 8 charter buses, each with a 57-seat capacity, were seen.