35,000 migrants have been bused from Texas to sanctuary cities — including over 13K to NYC

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35,000 migrants have been bused from Texas to sanctuary cities — including over 13K to NYC: Abbott

By Victor Nava
Published Sep. 6, 2023

Texas has bused more than 35,000 migrants to so-called sanctuary cities — including over 13,000 to New York City — in response to the Biden administration’s failure to secure the southern border, Republican Gov. Greg Abbott revealed Tuesday.

Abbott launched the migrant busing program in April 2022 in an effort to force blue states to share the burden that Texas has faced as a result of record numbers of illegal immigrants and asylum-seekers crossing the border from Mexico into the US since President Biden took office.

“Texas has bused over 35,000 migrants to self-declared sanctuary cities,” Abbott tweeted Tuesday, including a breakdown of which cities have received the most migrants.

“Over 11,300 to DC, Over 13,300 to NYC, Over 6,700 to Chicago, Over 2,600 to Philadelphia, Over 1,000 to Denver, Over 480 to LA,” the governor noted.

The totals released by Abbott Tuesday represent an increase of more than 12,000 since the state last updated the number of migrants that have been bused out of state under Operation Lone Star – a state border security and burden sharing effort launched by the governor in 2021.

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Source:  https://nypost.com/2023/09/06/texas-gov-greg-abbot-says-the-state-has-bused-35k-migrants-to-sanctuary-cities/

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Texas and Florida just sharing the wealth of diversity to our northern brothers and sisters.

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Texas and Florida just sharing the wealth of diversity to our northern brothers and sisters.