The mayor of New York, Democrat Eric Adams, assured this Sunday that some asylum seekers who arrived in Texas after crossing the border are being forced to get on buses to their city, even if they intend to go somewhere else.
“We are finding that some of the families that are on the bus wanted to go to other places and were not allowed to do so.
They were forced to get on the bus with the understanding that they were going to other places
they wanted to go, and when they tried to explain it they were not allowed to do so, "Adams said Sunday at a press conference at the bus terminal of the city. Port Authority that coincided with the arrival of another bus from the border state, according to NBC News in New York.
His statements come two days after the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, assured that he sent the first bus with migrants to the Big Apple.
Migrants outside the Port Authority of New York after being sent by the Texas governor in trucks, Friday, August 5, 2022.Reuters
“In addition to Washington DC, New York is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about in the sanctuary city.
I hope he keeps his promise to welcome all migrants with open arms so that our overwhelmed and overwhelmed border cities can find relief,” the Republican governor explained in a statement on Friday.
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The Democrat also criticized that Abbott did not inform him about how many migrants would arrive in the city, when and to what specific places.
Adams assured that when he arrived at the terminal
there were only 14 people on board the vehicle,
of the 40 that the city expected, since some people had gotten out of fear on the road, according to the aforementioned media.
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"We are all immigrants"
The migrants who arrived in the city this Sunday were received with open arms by some taxi drivers.
Several lined up this Sunday near the bus terminal with signs that read:
"Solidarity forever"
and offered free trips to shelters, according to the cited media.
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"We are all immigrants
," taxi driver Mohammed Haque told NBC New York, "we are all, we come from different countries from different backgrounds. This New York City is open to everyone."
The mayor of New York said on July 19 that the governors of Texas and Arizona, both Republicans, were sending thousands of asylum seekers on buses to New York City, which has rights to welcome laws that require the city to attend to these migrants.
Both states denied this, saying they were only sending people by bus to Washington DC However, an NBC New York investigation indicated that hundreds of migrants have arrived in the city in recent weeks, according to documents from the federal government, which directs them. to wrong addresses, to shelters that do not exist or to others that are not prepared to welcome them.
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In at least one case, which is being investigated by federal officials, an asylum seeker was sent to a false address and
an official signed the document with what appeared to be an emoji of a face sticking out his tongue,
according to the investigation of the cited media. .
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Many migrants accept the transfer from the border to the East Coast to get closer to their families, and from Washington they travel on their own to other cities, mainly in New York and Florida, according to what charities reported to Noticias Telemundo.
And many families sent from the border to Washington DC and New York end up sleeping on the streets due to lack of resources.
The Department of Defense on Friday denied Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser's request for the National Guard to assist her with the arrival of migrants sent from the border.
