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NEW YORK CITY once again received another five busloads of illegal migrants sent by Texas Governor Greg Abbott.
This group of migrants adds to some 1,000 migrants who arrived in NYC. This measure was taken by Abbott to attract the attention of the Biden administration and as a potential retaliation to Democratic officials who celebrate open border policies, but ignore the consequences of these policies to border states.
Abbott began sending immigrants out of his state to liberal cities such as New York and Washington, D.C. because these are “sanctuary” cities that in theory should be willing to receive them. However, already the mayors of NY and DC are talking about a crisis and asking for federal funds.
5 more migrant buses from Texas arrive in NYC, with 1,000 already in New York https://t.co/NF5J48M4V7
— Fox News (@FoxNews) August 24, 2022
Texas mayors and lawmakers have supported Abbott’s decision to send illegal migrants to liberal cities.
“You see New York, you see Washington kind of drowning with a few buses”—McAllen, Texas Mayor Javier Villalobos told Fox News. “We used to get over a thousand-something people a day.” “The city of McAllen was able to deal with thousands of immigrants a day”, Villalobos said. “I think they can handle a few hundred”, he added.
Although Democratic Mayor Eric Adams holds Abbott responsible for sending migrants to New York City, Texas receives at least 4,000 illegal migrants a day with no action by Joe Biden’s administration to address the crisis.
Texas has also sent more than 5,100 migrants to Washington, D.C., an increase that prompted Mayor Muriel Bowser to activate the District of Columbia National Guard and Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton to request an additional $50 million for the federal agency’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program.
Greg Abbott penned a letter to Adams to lay bare his “hypocrisy”
Texas Governor Greg Abbott dedicated a column to NYC Mayor Eric Adams, claiming that the Democratic mayor “is all talk” when it comes to open borders.
Abbott also highlighted Adams’ “hypocrisy” after claiming that NYC is “overwhelmed” by the influx of migrants. The Texas governor finds it inconsistent for the Democratic mayor to complain about the migrant influx considering he has always been in favor of Joe Biden’s open borders policy.
“He now complains that he and New York City are overwhelmed by migrants to such an extent that he demands federal help and discourages Texas from sending more buses to his city. Yet he remained silent when President Biden flew migrants into New York, many of whom ended up in New York City”, Abbot said.
Editor’s note: The quotes featured in this article were originally published in Spanish, translated to English and then edited for clarity.
Sabrina Martín Rondon is a Venezuelan journalist. Her source is politics and economics. She is a specialist in corporate communications and is committed to the task of dismantling the supposed benefits of socialism // Sabrina Martín Rondon es periodista venezolana. Su fuente es la política y economía. Es especialista en comunicaciones corporativas y se ha comprometido con la tarea de desmontar las supuestas bondades del socialismo