Texas is busing more than 102,000 migrants to so-called sanctuary cities after the Biden administration failed to secure its southern border, including more than 37,500 to New York City. That includes Republican Gov. Greg Abbott on Monday.
Texas’ governor plans to deploy migrant busloads in April 2022 to help blue states share the burden the Lone Star state faces as a result of record numbers of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers crossing the border since President Biden took office. Started the program.
“Texas has transferred over 102,000 immigrants to sanctuary cities,” Abbott said in a tweet. “Overwhelmed border towns in Texas should not bear the brunt of Biden’s open borders policy.”
“Our transportation mission will continue until Mr. Biden secures our border,” the governor warned.
New York City and Chicago receive the majority of immigrants from Texas.
More than 37,500 immigrants have been sent to the Big Apple since August 2022, and the Windy City has hosted more than 31,200 immigrants during the same period, according to the governor’s office.
Denver has sent more than 16,000 immigrants since May 18, and more than 12,500 immigrants have been sent to Washington, D.C., since April 2022.
Philadelphia and Los Angeles are accepting the fewest immigrants, with more than 3,400 and 1,500, respectively.
The latest totals are since the state last provided an update on the number of migrants bused away under Operation Lone Star, a state border security and burden-sharing initiative that Abbott launched in 2021. , representing an increase of approximately 7,000 people.
Last week, amid a feud with the Biden administration over efforts to stem the flow of illegal immigration, the governor declared that Texas’ right to self-defense “supersedes any federal law to the contrary.”
As part of Operation Lone Star, Texas installed razor wire along 30 miles of land near the U.S.-Mexico border in Eagle Pass, but the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that it could be removed by the Biden administration. It was decided that
The Justice Department has also threatened to sue Texas if it implements a new law that would allow Texas authorities to arrest, imprison, prosecute and deport immigrants who entered the country illegally, and has already sued the state over the construction of floating barriers in Rio de Janeiro. is suing. Grande.
