New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy is requiring the roughly 20 charter bus companies that transport New York City-bound migrants to “transit” stops in the Garden State to provide advance notice.
In response to Mayor Eric Adams' Dec. 27 executive order restricting drop-offs for charter buses transporting migrants from the southern border to New Jersey, Murphy said Monday that “operators are not transporting passengers to New York. “Because of the reluctance to transport it to the city,” they wrote in response. Depart at a specific time and location in the Big Apple.
Since Dec. 31, dozens of charter buses carrying more than 1,800 people who had recently arrived in the U.S. have arrived at transit points in New Jersey, with nearly all of the passengers traveling from those locations in New Jersey to New York City destinations. ” Murphy's letter claimed.
To give authorities advance notice and time to make appropriate preparations to assist these migrants, Democrat Murphy ordered each bus company to contact New Jersey Emergency Management at least 32 hours before the scheduled arrival date and time. He asked them to notify the department. Provides details of the total number of passengers on each bus expected to arrive in New Jersey.
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy asked bus companies for details regarding immigration. (Aristide Economopoulos/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
The letter deems the New Jersey migrant busing incident to have been carried out at the “clear instigation” of Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, and in addition to requesting this information, the letter urges companies to “take action.” We reserve all rights to take appropriate action against any person.” Violates any applicable law. ”
Murphy is asking companies to disclose the number of single adults traveling alone on each migrant bus. Number of passengers traveling as part of a family (including the number of families with children under 18 years of age) Number of children under 18 years of age. and the number of companions (other than family members) for unaccompanied minors.
The governor is also asking companies to provide each location in New Jersey where they will drop off passengers and their estimated time of arrival. The time and city when the bus first departed with passengers. A description of the bus, including license plate number, color, and recognizable exterior features.
“As more immigrants continue to arrive in the state at the hands of the Texas governor, who reportedly uses taxpayer funds to pay for passenger transportation, we have set an estimated arrival date for these people. “It is important to notify New Jersey authorities in advance to protect the health and safety of passengers once they arrive in New Jersey,” Murphy said in a statement. “Furthermore, because we know the majority of these individuals are planning to travel to New York City, this information will be shared with our colleagues across the Hudson River to ensure the health and safety of passengers there. It will be.”
Meanwhile, Abbott said Sunday that New York City's Adams, rather than the bus company that transports migrants from the southern border to the Big Apple, should sue President Biden.
In a move dismissed by Mr. Abbott's office as “legally baseless” and “political commentary,” the city ordered 17 charter bus and transportation companies transporting migrants from Texas to New York City to pay 708 million yen. Filed a million dollar lawsuit.
Migrants board a bus returning to a temporary tent shelter at Floyd Bennett Field, a former airfield in Brooklyn, New York City, January 4, 2024. (Spencer Pratt/Getty Images)
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“He needs to sue Joe Biden, not these bus companies, because it's Joe Biden and Joe Biden's policies that are causing the massive influx of millions of people into the United States. “And as a result, a lot of them want to go to New York,” Abbott said. Shannon Bream, host of “Fox News Sunday.”
Adams told the media on Monday that more than 164,000 immigrants, 1.5 times the population of the state capital Albany, were dropped off in New York City.
“I was in contact with the governor last week,” Adams said of New Jersey's Murphy. “He shares our outrage over the actions of the bus company and Governor Abbott, and he has shown us that he, like other municipalities in the region, is taking this issue seriously.”
Vice Mayor Fabian Levy called Murphy a “great partner” in dealing with the influx of immigrants, while Lisa Zornberg, the mayor and chief advisor at City Hall, said he was “intentionally trying to flood New York City's social services system.” He criticized the “hasty planning''. and several other cities were targeted. ”
“And the bus plan that Governor Abbott is leading with the full participation of certain bus companies seeks to punish New York City and certain other cities for political reasons,” Zornberg said.
Mayor Eric Adams' administration has filed a $708 million lawsuit over immigrant buses. (Barry Williams, New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Adams also told reporters that he is considering installing metal detectors and cameras at migrant shelters after a man was stabbed to death at the Randalls Island facility on Saturday.
