NYC Mayor’s About-Face on Illegal Immigration Is Hypocritical, Abbott Says
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told The Center Square that New York City’s mayor and other Democratic leaders are hypocritical for criticizing him “for helping out our local communities by busing out migrants to sanctuary cities like Washington, D.C., New York City, and Chicago.” His comments were in response to New York City Mayor Eric Adams […]
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Mayor declares state of emergency for NYC over migrants
(AP) – New York City’s mayor declared a state of emergency on Friday over the thousands of migrants being sent from southern border states since the spring, saying the demand being put on the city to provide housing and other assistance is “not sustainable.” “A city recovering from an ongoing global pandemic is being overwhelmed […]
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Gov. Greg Abbott acknowledges New York mayor’s office reached out about migrant busing efforts
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott on Tuesday acknowledged New York Mayor Eric Adams’ office sent an email that was apparently a follow-up to a conversation seeking greater coordination of Texas’ plans to bus migrants to the city— […]
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Texas Gov. Abbott hits Mayor Adams on migrants sent to NYC by Biden, El Paso Democrat
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott accused Mayor Eric Adams of hypocrisy for attacking his migrant-relocation program while giving a pass to President Biden and the Democratic mayor of El Paso. The broadside came amid Adams’ repeated threats to sue “Texas” — without specifying who — over the busloads of migrants who’ve been arriving almost daily in […]
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NYC mayor: GOP governors covering up ‘erosion of basic human rights’ amid migrant crisis
New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) said on Sunday that GOP governors who are bussing migrants to Democratic-led cities including his own were using the action to cover up “the erosion of basic human rights.” During an appearance on CNN’s “State of the Union,” anchor Jake Tapper asked Adams if he wanted to share […]
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Chicago mayor’s office calls Texas migrant busing strategy racist
Sign up for The Brief, our daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news. Gov. Greg Abbott announced late Wednesday that Chicago is the latest destination to which Texas will bus migrants as part of a strategy to bring attention to the influx of people arriving from the southern […]
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Mayor Eric Adams’ office: Biggest single-day arrival of migrants from Texas on Sunday
NEW YORK — More buses full of migrants arrived in New York City on Sunday, after being sent from Texas. Volunteers greeted at least 140 asylum seekers, including children, at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. They were provided with food, clothing, and bilingual lawyers. READ MORE: Exclusive: NYC social services commissioner Gary Jenkins addresses struggles to […]
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Mayor Adams needs to fight crime, not Texas Gov. Abbott
Since his election, Mayor Adams has consistently focused on crime and the reasons behind its lethal rise. He has battled fellow Democrats in the City Council and Albany over their changes to bail laws and other measures that make the problem worse. Yet with NYPD statistics showing he has made only marginal progress, Adams’ attention […]
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Greg Abbott’s migrant busing stirs crisis for New York Mayor Eric Adams
This story was published in partnership with THE CITY, a nonprofit, nonpartisan, digital news platform dedicated to hard-hitting reporting that serves the people of New York. When he appeared on Fox News’ “Hannity” last week, Gov. Greg Abbott kept smiling. Four months prior, he had announced that the state of Texas was planning to bus […]
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Mayor Eric Adams greets latest border-crossers in NYC
Even border crossers are too scared of the crime-ridden Big Apple. Mayor Adams tried to greet the latest bus load of migrants to get shipped in from Texas early Sunday — but was horrified to find the vast majority had already skipped, admitting it was likely through “fear” of the city. “We were led to […]
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