Texas has dropped off thousands of asylum seekers in D.C. over the past few months, which the city's mayor says has caused a 'humanitarian crisis.'
off in Washington, D.C., in what he says is a protest against the Biden Administration's border policies.... [+]Abbott said a group of migrants were bused to New York City on Friday morning, marking the first of an indefinite number of drop offs.
Texas has reportedly sent more than 6,000 migrants to D.C. since it started sending buses there in April, leading to what D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser has called a"humanitarian crisis." D.C. is largely a stopping point for the migrants, according to Bowser, who said many continue traveling on to New York City using their own means.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams said some 2,800 migrants have arrived in the city during the past few months, and heAbbott on Monday a letter to Bowser and Adams inviting them to Texas to “see firsthand the dire situation" at the border, but the mayors turned down the offer."New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city," Abbott said in a statement.Abbott says the trips are voluntary for the migrants, who have been released from federal custody along the Texas-Mexico border.
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