Once more on Sunday, buses of migrants brought from Texas to New York City were welcomed there.
Greg Abbott, the governor of Texas, sent almost a dozen buses full of migrants to New York City and Washington, D.C., in an effort to illustrate the severity of the border situation.
On Sunday, 44 migrants disembarked from the bus that El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser had sent to the nation’s largest city.
According to Fox News, each immigrant receiving assistance at the Port Authority of New York City received a handshake, a blanket, and transportation to a nearby hotel.
Manuel Castro, the Director of Mayor Eric Adams’ Office of Immigrant Affairs, said: ‘As in previous days, our priority is to make sure that the asylum seekers are well. We have food water medical services inside the port authority.’
A bus carrying migrants arrived in New York City on Sunday from El Paso, Texas
Each of the arriving migrants at New York City’s Port Authority were provided with a handshake, a blanket and then escorted to a local hotel
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered over a dozen buses of migrants to both the Big Apple and Washington as an attempt to show them the nature of the crisis at the border
On Thursday, five more buses carrying migrants who had been transferred by Texas Governor Greg Abbott came from Texas.
On Wednesday, a record number of buses—equal to the number of migrants arriving at the Port Authority Bus Terminal—arrived.
Castro stated that since May, more than 6,000 migrants have required assistance from the city, at least 750 of them were aboard the buses Abbott started using to transport them from Texas to New York.
Two weeks ago City Hall stated that 11 hotels were being used to help ease the pressure, but that has now been upped to 14.
City Hall has also confirmed that they are no longer planning to house 600 families at the luxury The Row hotel near Times Square in NYC which is regularly packed with tourists.
Immigrant Affairs Commissioner Manuel Castro revealed that City Hall has been forced to strike emergency deals with 14 hotels across the city because the shelter system is overloaded
Two weeks ago City Hall stated that 11 hotels were being used to help ease the pressure, but that has now been upped to 14. At least 750 asylum seekers have arrived from Texas to New York
However they have shelved plans to house 600 families at the luxury Times Square hotel The Row, which is packed with tourists
5,000 hotel rooms will be rented by New York City in addition to the 1,000 already announced by Mayor Eric Adams to house migrants arriving on buses from Texas.
Castro also revealed that Governor Kathy Hochul and Mayor Eric Adams made requests for aid in finding housing for the migrants to representatives in other states during a press conference yesterday.
He omitted to name any of the other cities or authorities that have been contacted to participate in the support program.
Contrary to Gov. Abbott, he asserted, “Our mayor and our governor are demonstrating true leadership by actively coordinating with the White House, the federal government, governors across the nation, and mayors across the nation to see how we can work together to address the need to resettle asylum-seekers.”
The week prior, Mayor Adams declared that hotels in District Two were “opening everyday and serving as shelters.”
Additionally, he mentioned that any kids that cross the border would be integrated into the educational system and given materials and bags.
The Manhattan Republican Party’s leader, Andrea Catsimatidis, stated: “NYC is searching for an additional 5,000 hotel rooms to house bused in migrants.”
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Therefore, instead of visitors, illegal immigrants are now staying in our hotels. Imagine the effect that would have on our tax revenue, crime, and economy.
According to the NYC Hotel Association, hotel owners are prepared to house thousands of migrants to help with the city’s housing issues.
The president of the organization that is made up of roughly 300 hotels, Vijay Dandapani, compared the migrant problem to the pandemic’s homeless shelter situation.
In the past, at the height of the epidemic, we were actively involved in transporting individuals from homeless shelters to hotels. Individual hotels who may or may not be our members might get involved in this, he said to DailyMail.com.
‘We are there ready again, with our stakeholders in the city to do the necessary thing if that is what asked of us.
‘Everyone is doing this voluntarily it depends on how they view it. You are certainly not going to see the luxury five star hotels participant it but three or four starts as they did during the pandemic, may help as that market has not yet come back to pre-pandemic levels.
‘We ourselves are ready and we have done it in the past and we’ll do it again. It’s a dynamic situation early next week.’
Five more buses arrived on Thursday from Texas, carrying migrants relocated by Texas Gov Greg Abbott. The same number of buses arrived on Wednesday, which was a record number for migrants arriving at the Port Authority Bus Terminal
According to the Mayor’s Office of Immigrant Affairs Thursday’s buses carried 223 migrants, which included women and children
Abbott started moving migrants to DC in April to protest President Biden’s ‘irresponsible open border policies’ before also bussing them into the Big Apple.
Texas has also started making the migrants were bracelets with barcodes on them, before cutting them off when they arrive in New York or their other destinations.
Abbott’s spokesperson said that they are ‘standard protocol’ for voluntary transportation, adding: ‘They have been used during times of natural disasters like hurricanes when needing to transport people to safety.
‘This process also helps ensure we are only transporting migrants who have been processed and released by the federal government with federal documentation that allows them to move about the country.’
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has slammed Texas Governor Greg Abbott as ‘racist’ after he announced he would be bussing illegal migrants to the city.
Lightfoot, a Democrat, attacked the GOP governor despite repeatedly bragging that Chicago is a ‘sanctuary city’, as it witnessed the arrival of 60 people on Wednesday, August 30.
She said: ‘Chicago is a welcoming city and as such has collaborated across various departments and agencies to ensure we greeted them with dignity and respect.
‘As a city we are doing everything we can to ensure these immigrants and their families can received shelter, food and most importantly protection.
‘This is not new; Chicago welcomes hundreds of migrants every year to our city and provides much-needed assistance.
‘Unfortunately, Texas Governor Greg Abbott is without and shame or humanity. But ever since he put these racist practices of expulsion in place, we have been working with our community partners to ready the city to receive these individuals. ‘
At least 60 migrants arrived in Chicago from Texas on Wednesday night, with Mayor Lori Lightfoot welcoming the new arrivals
Lightfoot, pictured, took a swipe at Gov Abbott and former President Trump in a statement which branded them as ‘racists’
Abbott, who is seeking a third term in November’s midterm elections, says the buses are needed because Democratic President Joe Biden has failed to secure the border with Mexico.
U.S. Border Patrol made a record 1.8 million migrant arrests at the southwest border between October 1, 2021, to July 31, 2022.
Abbott’s office has said migrants are transported out of state only with their written permission although it is not clear what other options have been offered to the migrants.