Democrat mayor sends more illegal migrants to New York than Texas’s Republican governor
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A Democrat city in Texas on the Mexico border has bussed more people to migrant sanctuary cities – in a bid to highlight illegal immigration – than the state’s own Republican governor.
El Paso, which sits across the border from Juarez, Mexico, sent 7,000 migrants to New York City by bus over the last six weeks, and 1,800 to Chicago.
That is more migrants than were moved north to those Democrat-led cities in high-profile recent efforts by Greg Abbott, Texas’s Republican governor.
It shows that even Democrat politicians on the Texas border with Mexico believe they are not able to cope with the influx .
Oscar Leeser, the current Democrat mayor, said the city’s migrant bussing programme was “completely different” to Mr Abbott’s and “treats people with respect”.
But he also said the Biden administration should pay for the buses.
Mr Leeser said: “This is a federal issue. They’re not coming to El Paso, they’re coming to the United States.”
By coincidence, El Paso is the home town of Beto O’Rourke, the Democrat challenging Mr Abbott for the governorship of Texas in November.
Mr O’Rourke, who was previously mayor of El Paso, was not involved in the bussing decisions.
Mr Abbott has sent more than 3,000 migrants to New York City by bus, and more than 900 to Chicago.
He and Doug Ducey, the Republican governor of Arizona, have also, between them, bussed 10,000 migrants to Washington.
Meanwhile, Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, recently flew a group of 50 migrants to the celebrity bolthole of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.
The Republican figures are trying to draw more widespread attention to the fact that there have been more than two million cases of border patrol officers intercepting migrants along the US-Mexico border so far this year.
The White House, along with the Democrat mayors of New York, Chicago and Washington, have lambasted the Republican governors for creating confusion with surprise drop-offs, and said that the bussing campaign strains resources in their cities.
But El Paso’s Democrat leaders said bussing migrants north was needed because up to 2,000 were arriving there every day.
That included many impoverished Venezuelans without any family in the United States to pay for onward travel.
El Paso said it was working closely with those cities it was sending people to, and that migrants were boarding its chartered buses voluntarily.
However, a spokesman for the New York City mayor said El Paso’s coordination could be better.
El Paso has been informing New York when a bus of migrants is being sent.
But the New York spokesman said officials should discuss beforehand whether the bus needs to go to New York.
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The White House, along with the Democrat mayors of New York, Chicago and Washington, have lambasted the Republican governors for creating confusion with surprise drop-offs, and said that the bussing campaign strains resources in their cities.
But El Paso’s Democrat leaders said bussing migrants north was needed because up to 2,000 were arriving there every day.
And Chi town and NYC and Martha's are crying crocodile tears over their 3,800/1,200/50 in a month???
Coming to a neighborhood near you.
Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser says her city does not have the "infrastructure" to handle the sudden influx of immigration because it is not a "border town" or state.
"We're not a border town," Bowser told reporters. "We don't have an infrastructure to handle this type of and level of immigration to our city. ... We're not Texas."
Apparently, being a sanctuary city requires infrastructure, who knew?
Any costs they incur should come only from local budgets. They want to be a sanctuary city because it sounds good but now they are getting the problems it brings.
sounds like Bowser is just another Democrat hypocrite. If you're going to run a sanctuary city you better make sure you have the infrastructure.
Perhaps Chicago, NYC, and LA could send their homeless population to El Paso.
To punish the Democrat mayor?
That'll be the day.
That would appear to be a big difference.
What difference does that make?
It is a wonderful Democrat talking point. Which does nothing to address the crisis at the border. Just more of the same denial and deflection.
they are made aware that illegals are on their way.
The method used by Abbot and DeSantis uses the notification they get that illegals are coming. And it made Democrats and sanctuary cities look like the blithering fools they are.
The number of migrants released by the CBP to El Paso and local non-government humanitarian agencies has grown from approximately 250 per day in early August to over 1,000 per day last month . The number fluctuates daily and is currently averaging 900 per day. From April to mid-September, this has added to over 62,000 people.
Caring for these many people is costing the city and local humanitarian groups from $55,000 a day up to $250,000 daily. The costs would be much higher if so many working at the shelters weren't non-paid volunteers. Across the border in Juarez, there is also a network of shelters established and supported by Evangelical and Catholic churches.
Democrat Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser: "We're not a border town. We don't have an infrastructure to handle this type of and level of immigration to our city ... We're not Texas."