Adams: Sending Illegals to My Sanctuary City is Racist.

NYC Mayor Accuses Texas Governor of Racism Over Busing Strategy

By Bethany Blankley (The Center Square)

New York City Mayor Eric Adams has accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of being racist over his strategy to bus foreign nationals from the border state to northern sanctuary cities. This comes after Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s letter to Abbott and his response.

Abbott’s office has called Adam’s claims “outright lies.” Adams tweeted that Abbott “is once again deciding to play politics with people’s lives by resuming the busing of asylum seekers to New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, Denver and Washington, D.C.”

• As of January 2023, Texas bused over 9,100 illegal foreign nationals to Washington, D.C.; over 4,900 to New York City; over 1,500 to Chicago; and over 840 to Philadelphia, according to data from the governor’s office.
• Last September, the Democratic mayor of El Paso, Oscar Leeser, and other city officials who are Hispanic men, approved a plan to bus people to New York City and Chicago who were released into El Paso by the Biden administration.
• After Leeser’s announcement on Sunday, Adams instead attacked Republican Abbott.

Adams said it is “impossible to ignore the fact that Abbott is now targeting five cities run by Black mayors. Put plainly, Abbott is using this crisis to hurt Black-run cities.”

In response, Abbott Press Secretary Andrew Mahaleris told The Center Square, “Mayor Adams is once again spreading falsehoods and outright lies.”

The current process involves adults signing waivers and agreements for themselves and minors under their care to be transported for free to one of four cities by Texas. None are charged for transportation, food, water or security provided to them.

Mahaleris said he agreed with Adams that “the federal government should step in and provide support as the crisis is more than one city can handle,” but added that the Biden administration “should address the true crisis along the southern border and help support the small Texas border towns dealing with the direct burden of the Biden Administration’s open border policies.”

Syndicated with permission from The Center Square.