This Sanctuary City Can’t Handle 7,600 Migrants Who Arrived This Year

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This year, Texas bussed nearly 7,600 migrants to New York City which Mayor Eric Adams calls a sanctuary city. But the thousands of migrants who have entered have overwhelmed the city and its immigration center.

Of the 7,600 migrants who arrived in New York, 1,900 migrants have moved on to other destinations.

Last week, Texas sent the largest number of migrants to New York.

At a City Hall press conference on Monday, Mayor Adams told reporters:

“We have about 5,700 that are currently in our shelters.”

“This is in addition to the men and women of this city and families, children and families, who need shelter.”

Texas Governor Greg Abbott wrote recently:

“Adams talked the talk about being a sanctuary city — welcoming illegal immigrants into the Big Apple with warm hospitality. Talk is cheap. When pressed into fulfilling such ill-considered policies, he wants to condemn anyone who is pressing him to walk the walk.”

Abbott’s Press Secretary Renae Eze told The Texas Tribune:

"Mayor Adams is a hypocrite. He represents a self-declared sanctuary city, yet he’s complaining about a few hundred migrants being bused into his city. If the mayor wants a solution to this humanitarian crisis, he should stop complaining and call on President Biden to take immediate action to secure the border."

In a recent press conference, Governor Abbott said he has bussed 9,000 migrants to New York and Washington, D.C. He has bussed 7,400 migrants to Washington D.C. and 1,500 migrants to New York City.

This past Friday, Governor Abbott wrote in a statement:

"The busing mission is providing much-needed relief to our overwhelmed border communities. Operation Lone Star continues to fill the dangerous gaps left by the Biden Administration's refusal to secure the border."

Mayor Adams has criticized Texas for not providing better coordination on migrants entering the city. Intake centers were overwhelmed by the arrival of migrants.

The mayor said:

"It's unimaginable. Come to a country and your first visit here, someone is throwing you out, as the Governor of Texas is doing, then trying to navigate this complex country to deliver your services."

The Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said last week:

"That lack of coordination wreaks problems in our very efficient processing [makes working with DHS] more difficult."

All blame shouldn’t be thrown at Governor Abbott. This writer believes Mayor Adams deserves some of the blame here.

Who do you think deserves blame for handling the migrants?