The arrival of these immigrants has unleashed a new battle between Democrat Adams and Governor Abbot through cross-declarations.
Two new buses with migrants arrived in New York this Friday, August 12, sent by the Government of Texas, in addition to the three that arrived last Wednesday as part of the policy of the governor of that state, Republican Greg Abbot, to distribute the burden of immigration.
In the morning, two buses arrived at the central terminal (known as the Port Authority) with 89 immigrants on board, according to sources from the Mayor’s Office, which set up an emergency reception device with several charities to direct the new arrivals to shelters. public.
Among those who arrived today – almost all from Venezuela, but also from Peru, Mexico and even the Democratic Republic of the Congo – there were entire families with small children. Although they were mostly single men who had made a two-day trip since leaving a shelter on the very border between Texas and Mexico.
Although charities provided them with food and drink during the trip, most “come hungry and thirsty”, even sick, and one of them had to be rushed to a hospital, the sources said.
The immigrants in some cases know relatives or friends inside the United States, but all of them said they would first try their luck by finding a job in New York.
Before boarding the buses, immigrants receive a consent letter in Texas stating that both New York and Washington “have been named sanctuary cities by their mayors and are providing shelter and food to all who arrive in the country. ».
The mayor of New York, Eric Adams, said today that New York has given shelter, since May, to 5,000 asylum seekers and migrants, “and we will continue to do so”, but added that they have “talked to the White House to discuss the topic and make it clear that we need help to get through this moment.
The arrival of these immigrants has unleashed a new battle between Democrat Adams and Governor Abbot through cross-declarations: just today, the New York mayor said that “putting someone on a bus for 45 hours without medical assistance, without food or water or conditions proper hygiene, and sending them to a city they know nothing about, is traumatic for anyone.
“The way (Abbot) behaves, not coordinating transportation and sending people here with false promises, is simply un-American,” Adams said in a statement to the media.
Hours earlier, Abbot had written an article for the Fox network in which he said: “If the mayors of the most populous city in the United States and the nation’s capital are complaining about a few thousand immigrants, imagine what those small border towns with limited resources.
He further wrote on his Twitter account: “Texas is taking unprecedented action to stop the flow of illegal immigrants crossing the border and damaging the way of life of our hard working farmers.”
As Abbot wrote on Fox, the state border police have arrested 290,000 people until the end of July, which they link to drug trafficking and specifically to the seizure of 326 million doses of fentanyl also on the border, an amount of drug ” Enough to kill almost all Americans.
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