Nearly
70 migrants arrived in New York City over the weekend on buses from Texas –
adding to the thousands who have already arrived, according to Mayor Eric
Adams.
Adams
says the city welcomes them and will do
everything they can to provide them with proper shelter. But he thinks Gov.
Greg Abbott is treating the migrants in an inhumane way.
Abbott,
who is running for re-election, says he's doing this because the Biden
administration has failed to secure the southern border. Texas has been
shipping migrants off to Democrat-run cities like Washington, D.C. and now New
York, which have the requirement to shelter migrants.
"What
was also revealing yesterday is that – there were some who wanted to go to
other cities where they have families and they just packed them on a bus
without any direction,” said Adams. “I don't think anything is more
anti-American than shipping people on a bus, a 45-hour trip, without any of the
basic needs they have or direction or coordination."
The
mayor said he will be speaking with the White House about the situation. The
City Council is also meeting Tuesday morning to discuss long-standing shelter
intake issues following the recent increase in asylum seekers.