Texas is transporting more than 95,000 migrants by bus to so-called sanctuary cities across the country, according to Gov. Greg Abbott, who said Tuesday that “transportation missions” are suspended until President Biden resolves the border crisis. He warned me to continue.
The Lone Star State has sent 33,600 immigrants to the city since August 2022, making the Big Apple the most popular destination, according to numbers released last week by Abbott's office.
During the same period, Texas sent more than 28,000 immigrants to Chicago and an additional 12,500 to Washington, D.C., since April 2022.
An additional 13,800 immigrants have been sent to Denver since May of last year, and 3,400 to Philadelphia starting in November 2022. An additional 1,300 migrants have arrived in Los Angeles since June.
While officials in those cities lament that the influx of migrants is straining local resources, Abbott said border towns are still dealing with more migrants on a regular basis. .
“Sanctuary cities like New York and Chicago only see a fraction of the overwhelming reality that border towns in Texas face every day.” he said in a tweet Tuesday.
“We will continue our transportation mission until Mr. Biden reverses course on his open borders policy.”
abbott's office stated in a news release The Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas National Guard have been working together to “bridge the dangerous gap created by the Biden administration's denial of border security.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre He called it “embarrassing” Put immigrants on buses or planes bound for other cities.
Meanwhile, New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday once again accused Texas of causing “chaos” in Gotham.
“What Governor Abbott has done, and his utter reckless disregard for using people as pawns, he just wants to cause chaos and we can't be so stagnant that we don't respond to his changes,” Adams said. ” he said.
Last month, Adams signed an executive order limiting the number of buses that carry asylum seekers into the city.
The order requires charter bus companies to notify City Hall 32 hours in advance of plans to drop off migrants and to limit transportation to one location in Manhattan between 8:30 a.m. and noon. There is.
“We're dealing with someone who just wants chaos,” said Adams, who wants to add trains and planes to the executive order.
More than 160,000 immigrants have arrived in New York City since spring 2022.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson last week implored the federal government to help address the immigration crisis, warning that “the entire country is now at risk” without federal intervention.
