“New York Receives Migrants as Texas Governor Protests Biden’s Immigration Policies”

The city of New York once again received new groups of migrants arriving by bus hired by Texas Governor Greg Abbott as a protest against Joe Biden’s immigration policies.

Starting in 2022, Governor Greg Abbott has sent busloads of migrants arriving in Texas to what he calls “sanctuary cities.”“, arguing that Biden’s policies mainly affect border states like his own.

Both contingents of migrants received the same port facility, immigration guidance and other services that have been offered since last August, when the first shipments began.

The Mayor’s Commissioner for Immigrant Affairs, Manuel Castro, who received the immigrants and shook their hands, lashed out at Abbott again for sending buses without any coordination with the city.

He also criticized the federal government, because, close to a year after the flow of immigrants began, has done little to support the city with the humanitarian crisis declared by the arrival of more than 50 thousand migrants who have arrived since May 2022.

“We are disappointed in the federal government because has not intervened at the border to prevent that Governor Abbott takes advantage of immigrants, who just want support,” he said.

He argued that the sending of immigrants to Democratic cities like New York and Chicago “is creating chaos” and added that “the blame has to be shared with the federal government which has not yet helped New York adequately”, and specified that New York has only received 8 million dollars.

“Today we ask President (Joe) Biden, the federal government, to act now. We cannot wait any longer,” he said.

Until now, New York has received more than 57 thousand immigrants and more than 34,000 are in public shelters and 120 hotels that the city has had to hire. Immigrants have continued to pour into the city on their own by buses or by air, some 1,400 a week, according to New York Mayor Eric Adams.

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