A planeload of migrants that left Texas arrived in northern Illinois early on Sunday said Rockford government officials.

The jet landed at the Chicago Rockford International Airport where passengers were transferred to waiting buses.

WTVO television in Rockford said it counted eight buses on the tarmac.

Rockford officials posted on Facebook that Winnebago County Sheriff’s deputies escorted the buses to the McHenry County line.

It said 355 migrants were on the flight.

The buses were headed to Chicago, about 100 miles away, according to the post.

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