Greg Abbott Announces Texas Has Bused Nearly 16,000.

Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, Republican Governor of Texas, announced Tuesday that his State has bused more than 16,000 migrants into sanctuary cities for 2022.

Abbott shared the update on Twitter with details of the number and destinations of migrants to the cities.

“Texas has bused over 15,900 migrants to sanctuary cities,” Abbott tweeted.

Texas has sent over 15,900 migrants to refuge cities.

⁃ Over 8,900 to DC
⁃ Over 4,900 to NYC
⁃ Over 1,500 to Chicago
⁃ Over 630 to Philadelphia

We’re providing relief to local communities overwhelmed by President Biden’s open border policies.

— Gov. Greg Abbott (@GovAbbott) December 27, 2022

“We’re providing relief to local communities overwhelmed by President Biden’s open border policies,” He added.

According to Abbott, the state has bused more than 8,900 migrants to Washington, D.C., which is the highest number of sanctuary cities.

Abbott reported that over 4,900 migrants were bused to New York City by buses, more than 1,500 to Chicago and more than 630 to Philadelphia.

The governor’s busing program made headlines on Christmas Eve when three busloads Many migrants arrived at Kamala Harris’ residence.

#HappeningNow the second bus of migrants has arrived here in D.C. near VP Kamala Harris’ home. They board another bus to take them to a church. Someone brought them to the church and told them that the bus had come from Texas. pic.twitter.com/Sp4upqz1yB

— Christian Flores (@CFloresNews) December 25, 2022

The migrants, which included women and children, were dropped in cold temperatures and then picked up by another bus to be taken to a church for help.

“Governor Abbott abandoned children on the side of the road in below-freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve without coordinating with any federal or local authorities,” White House spokesman Abdullah Hasan said, according to The New York Times. “This was a cruel, dangerous and shameful stunt.”

The 15,900 people are an extremely small percentage of the migrants who have crossed the southern border during President Joe Biden’s time in office.

According to reports, the El Paso, Texas sector has seen a surge in migrants, with more than 2,400 per day. This is a 40% increase on October’s already high numbers. according to Reuters.

Public data shows that more than El Paso has received 80,000 migrants in the last four month.

The most recent update from Abbott’s Operation Lone Star effort to address the border crisis noted 336,000 migrant apprehensions in Texas alone since it began in March 2021. More than 23,000 people were arrested in criminal cases.

Additionally, over 354 million lethal doses of Fentanyl were seized by the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS).

Since October, more than 2,000,000 migrants had been contacted by border officials in this fiscal year. That was the case last fiscal year. number It was at 1.7million. 

Abbot wrote to Biden earlier in the month, requesting the deployment of federal assets to Texas before the end of Title 42.

“These communities and the state are ill-equipped to do the job assigned to the federal government — house the thousands of migrants flooding into the country every day,” Abbott wrote.

“With perilous temperatures moving into the area, many of these migrants are at risk of freezing to death on city streets. The need to address this crisis is not the job of border states like Texas. Instead, the U.S. Constitution dictates that it is your job, Mr. President, to defend the borders of our country, regulate our nation’s immigration, and manage those who seek refuge here,” He added.

Title 42 was a Trump-era policy which allows Border Patrol officers to turn away migrants in order to stop the spread COVID-19. It was later repealed. kept in place By the Supreme Court.

“We will, of course, comply with the order and prepare for the Court’s review,” A statement by Karine Jean-Pierre, White House Press Secretary read following the Supreme Court’s decision. “At the same time, we are advancing our preparations to manage the border in a secure, orderly, and humane way when Title 42 eventually lifts and will continue expanding legal pathways for immigration.”