A Michigan state lawmaker involved in former President Donald Trump's election denials is being widely criticized after the Republican made false claims that buses carrying college athletes to Detroit for March Madness were shuttling illegal migrant 'invaders' into the city.
Maddock has declined to acknowledge that the buses were transporting basketball players.Chicago City Council leaders are calling on Mayor Brandon Johnson to increase transparency around migrants in shelters amid an eviction policy.
Four college basketball teams traveling to Detroit for the second weekend of the NCAA basketball tournament arrived by plane Wednesday evening, the Wayne County Airport Authority said in a statement. The "buses seen in a photograph circulating online were transporting the basketball teams and their respective staffs," the statement added.
Maddock doubled down on his posts Thursday, adding that hundreds of thousands of "illegals are pouring into our country," and into Michigan. In a text response to The Associated Press, Maddock declined to acknowledge that the buses were transporting basketball players.
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