Texas Gov. Greg Abbott tore into New York City Mayor Eric Adams’ claim that the Lone Star State governor is a “lunatic” for transporting border crossers to the Big Apple – saying Hizzoner “couldn’t last a week in Texas” handling its immigrants.
A frustrated New York City Democratic chief executive warned during a town hall last week that the recent flood of asylum seekers to the Big Apple will “destroy New York City” – and called the Republican government “lunatics” for transporting thousands of migrants from his house. border state to a liberal city like Gotham.
Abbott responded to “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Monday that there are “so few” immigrants in the Big Apple that it’s “outrageous [Adams] will make such a comment.
“When I first heard it, I thought of Frank Sinatra singing ‘New York, New York’ when he sang ‘If I can make it there, I can make it anywhere.’ Well, the mayor may have made it as mayor of New York, but he couldn’t last a week in Texas,” Abbott said.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) fired back at New York Mayor Eric Adams during “Jesse Watters Primetime” on Monday, saying Hizzoner “couldn’t last a week in Texas” when it came to handling the immigration surge. Fox News
The Abbott administration has brought thousands of immigrants to the Big Apple since last year, part of a large wave of about 110,000 since spring 2022, but that’s nothing compared to what Texas is facing, the Texas governor said – before blaming Democratic President Biden’s border policy for admissions.
“What’s shocking is the fact that in New York and Chicago and DC and LA and other places, they’re putting out policies that declare that they’re ‘sanctuary cities,’ and they like to promote this liberal ideology until they have to actually live it and apply it with It’s clear that the policy of ‘sanctuary cities,’ ” Abbott said, referring to local governments that limit their cooperation with the feds involving some immigration regulations.
“Letting everyone live for free is easy [does] doesn’t work,” Abbott added.
Adams called Abbott a “lunatic” during a town hall on the Upper West Side last week. NYC Mayor’s Office/Twitter
Adams was also angry at Biden’s inactivity during the crisis.
“Month after month I stand up and say this is coming to a neighborhood near you. Well, here we are, we’re not getting support for this national crisis, and we’re not getting support,” Adams said. during a town hall on the Upper West Side.
Texas has reportedly sent 13,000 asylum seekers to the Big Apple since last summer. GNMiller/NYPost
The first bus of immigrants from Texas arrived in Midtown on August 5, 2022, although thousands more asylum seekers have since arrived from the border.
According to data shared by Abbott, Texas has sent more than 13,000 asylum seekers to the Big Apple.
Migrants have been transported from Texas to the Midtown Port Authority bus station since August 2022. Robert Mecea
“One hundred and ten thousand immigrants we have to feed, clothe, house, educate the children, wash their laundry, give them everything they need, health care,” Adams lamented.
About 10,000 immigrants come to New York City every month, city officials say. At first, most came from Venezuela, but later Ecuadorians and Russian-speaking individuals also began to arrive via Mexico.
There are currently about 60,000 immigrants living in city shelters, though at least 110,000 have come to the city since spring 2022. Kevin C. Downs for the NY Post
Nearly 60,000 migrants are being sheltered by the city, according to local officials.
Adams has warned that rising costs to help and protect immigrants has turned into a “financial tsunami,” with a price tag that could top $12 billion over the next three years — and result in up to a 15% cut in city agency spending by next spring.
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