Abbott's campaign hits back after NYC Mayor Adams threatens to bus New Yorkers to Texas
Texas Governor Greg Abbott's campaign shot back New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Tuesday after Hizzoner threatened to send buses full of New Yorkers to Texas to campaign against Abbott in the directorial election. coming - in retaliation for Texas sending a bus carrying illegal immigrants to the Big Apple.
"I've called all my friends in Texas and told them how to vote, and I'm seriously considering sending a caravan of New Yorkers to Texas and doing a good job knocking because, because America's interests we need Adams said at a press conference Tuesday
Adams' comment marks the latest controversy between the free cities of Washington D.C. and New York and the border states. conservative Arizona and Texas state governors angered liberal mayors by sending thousands of migrants to their cities, which the mayors say has strained the system
Abbott's campaign responded to Adams' comments late on Tuesday.
"Due to high taxes, out-of-control crime, and a lack of leadership from the mayor, people are volunteering to leave New York without being asked by the mayor," campaign spokesman Mark Miner said at Fox News Digital. "It looks like Mayor Adams has taken on an additional political director role for [Democratic candidate] Beto O'Rourke."
This clash occurred hours before three more buses arrived in New York on Wednesday morning.
The movement of migrants to cities has become a major political issue in recent weeks. Mayor of D.C. Muriel Bowser recently called the situation a humanitarian crisis and called for the deployment of the National Guard - a request denied by the Pentagon. Both mayors blamed Republican states, with Adams attacking Abbott again on Tuesday.
"It's inconceivable to go to a country, your first visit here, someone kicking you out like the governor of Texas does and then trying to navigate this complicated country providing services. yours," he said.
The governors of Arizona and Texas, however, say the mayors are suffering to a small extent from the Biden administration's border policies - which they blame on the large number of immigrant encounters border settlement every month. There have been more than 200,000 migrant encounters a month over the past four months, with more than 500,000 resting places since the financial year began in October.
Abbott begins attracting immigrants in D.C. in April, which he said was an attempt to address the migration crisis for the politicians responsible for it. Since then, he has also begun sending immigrants to New York. Arizona sent migrants to D.C. but said they wouldn't send them to New York.
“Washington D.C. finally understand what Texans face every day as our community is invaded and overrun by thousands of illegal immigrants thanks to President Biden's open border policies," office of the Abbott said in a press release earlier this month.
Friday, he said, New York "is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can benefit from the abundance of housing and urban services that Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about. sanctuary city",
Sunday, another bus to New York, with 40 migrants on board - of which only 14 left the Big Apple. Abbott also said he plans to research other cities where migrants could be sent.
By chance, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis considered sending migrants to Delaware, President Biden.
Fox News' Bradford Betz contributed to this report.
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