{"id":2049568,"date":"2023-09-29T12:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-democrat-texas-mayor-follows-governor-abbotts-lead-buses-illegals-to-sanctuary-cities\/"},"modified":"2023-09-29T12:39:15","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T16:39:15","slug":"fed-up-democrat-texas-mayor-follows-governor-abbotts-lead-buses-illegals-to-sanctuary-cities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-democrat-texas-mayor-follows-governor-abbotts-lead-buses-illegals-to-sanctuary-cities\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Mayor, fed up with Democrats, follows Governor Abbott&#8217;s example by transporting undocumented individuals to sanctuary cities."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">34<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffed-up-democrat-texas-mayor-follows-governor-abbotts-lead-buses-illegals-to-sanctuary-cities%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2049568&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Fed-Up Democrat Texas Mayor Follows Governor \u200cAbbott&#8217;s Lead: Buses Illegals to Sanctuary\u2063 Cities<\/h2>\n<p>The\u200b Democratic mayor of El Paso, Texas, has\u2062 taken a page from his Republican governor\u2019s playbook and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/they-welcomed-illegal-immigrants-with-open-arms-now-sanctuary-cities-say-theyre-past-breaking-point\/\" title=\"Sanctuary cities once embraced illegal immigrants, but now claim they've reached their limit.\">started busing illegal immigrants<\/a> to \u2064cities controlled by his fellow Democrats.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Mayor Oscar Leeser sent five busloads of illegal\u2063 immigrants to <strong>Chicago, Denver and New York<\/strong> over the weekend, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/el-paso-texas-at-breaking-point-migrants-flood-border-mayor-says-2023-09-23\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reuters<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe city \u2062of El Paso only has so many\u2063 resources and we have come to \u2026 a breaking point right now,\u201d\u200b Leeser said at a news conference, according to the outlet.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><strong>Chicago\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/wgntv.com\/news\/chicago-news\/el-paso-mayor-chartered-buses-of-migrants-to-come-to-chicago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WGN<\/a> reported that two of the\u200b buses that \u200cleft El Paso\u200d on Saturday were destined for Chicago.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a twist to the story, \u200chowever, WGN noted\u2062 that Democratic Mayor Mike\u2063 Johnson of Denver, which was receiving illegal immigrants from El Paso, had \u2062himself ordered seven busloads of \u200billegals \u200don \u200cto Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll we \u200dcan do is \u200drespond,\u2063 receive and\u200d do our best \u2063to meet \u2063the moment,\u201d Cristina\u2062 Pacione-Zayas, \u20631st deputy mayor of Chicago, told WGN.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s two things we\u2062 don\u2019t control, the number of buses and the frequency of how often \u200dthey\u2019re coming and what the federal government decides to do to manage the flow,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>More\u200c than 15,000 illegal immigrants have been\u2062 transported to Chicago, while New York City has received\u2064 about\u200b four \u200dtimes that number.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs an administration, we\u2019re \u2063really a year-and-a-half into \u200cthis crisis, really needing to step back and think about\u200d long-term,\u201d\u200b an unnamed New\u2063 York City official told WGN. \u201cWhat does this look like? It\u2019s not abating anytime \u200dsoon.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One thing it may look like \u200bin the\u200c short term: Democratic <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/adams-declines-abbotts-invitation-visit-border-governor-sends-migrant-bus-nyc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mayor Eric Adams<\/a> is \u2062reportedly considering a plan to \u201ckick out\u201d unmarried \u200cadults after \u200dtwo\u2064 months\u2063 if \u200dthey\u2062 aren\u2019t \u200baccompanied by minors.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Texas Gov.\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/greg-abbott-delivers-another-busload-migrants-sanctuary-city-mayor-furious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Greg Abbott<\/a> and Florida\u200d Gov. \u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/desantis-sends-2-planeloads-illegal-immigrants-obamas-doorstep-democrats-furious\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a> have \u200bboth\u200c been criticized for transporting illegals out of their states;\u2063 what \u200cnational Democrats\u200d will say\u200b about two mayor from their own party doing \u2063the same thing remains unseen.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>Leeser told Reuters that\u200b the immigrants leaving \u2063El \u2062Paso were\u2062 volunteers and had been \u2064allowed their\u200b choice of destinations.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>He \u2062said the city \u200conly had room for \u2064about 400 \u2062people in\u200c its shelter, though it was building another to house more.<\/p>\n<p>However, \u2064the city had \u200crecently been seeing 2,000 illegals enter their city \u2063daily, sometimes more, which was more than five times the number from only six weeks ago.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it\u2019s really important to note that we have a broken immigration \u2064system,\u201d he told Reuters. \u201cIt\u2019s \u200dthe same thing over and over again.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>About two out of three\u200c illegal\u200d immigrants in the El Paso area are single men, Leeser said, with most of the rest being families.<\/p>\n<p>Only about 2 percent are unaccompanied minors.<\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/fed-democrat-texas-mayor-follows-governor-abbotts-lead-buses-illegals-sanctuary-cities\/\">Fed-Up Democrat Texas Mayor Follows Governor Abbott&#8217;s Lead:\u2064 Buses Illegals to Sanctuary Cities<\/a> appeared \u2063first on \u200b <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\">The\u200c Western Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <\/p>\n<h2> \u2062 How are cities like Chicago and New York\u200b handling the\u2063 overwhelming \u2062number\u2062 of migrants being sent to \u200bthem?<\/h2>\n<p><span>  Fed-Up Democrat Texas Mayor Follows Governor \u200bAbbott&#8217;s Lead: \u200cBuses Illegals to Sanctuary\u2063 Cities<\/p>\n<p>In a surprising move, the Democratic\u200c mayor of \u2062El Paso, Texas, Mayor Oscar Leeser, has decided to take a page out of his Republican governor&#8217;s playbook and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/breaking-texas-to-start-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-washington-d-c-as-biden-scraps-trump-era-border-policy\/\" title=\"BREAKING: Texas To Start Busing Illegal Immigrants To Washington, D.C., As Biden Scraps Trump-Era Border Policy\">start busing illegal immigrants<\/a> to cities controlled by fellow \u2064Democrats. \u2063Over the weekend, Mayor Leeser sent five busloads of illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities such as Chicago, \u2064Denver, and New York.<\/p>\n<p>According to \u200bReuters, Mayor Leeser \u2062announced\u2062 at a news conference that the city of\u2063 El Paso is at \u2062a breaking point due to the overwhelming \u2062influx of migrants. He stated that the city\u2062 only has limited resources to handle the\u200b situation. As a result, he made the decision to transport some of the migrants to \u200cother cities that have declared themselves as\u200c sanctuary cities for immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>WGN reported that two of the buses that left El Paso\u200b on \u2062Saturday were destined for Chicago. In a surprising twist, it was \u200crevealed that Democratic Mayor Mike Johnson\u2063 of \u2062Denver, who was receiving illegal \u200dimmigrants from \u200cEl Paso, had himself ordered seven busloads of migrants to be sent to Chicago.<\/p>\n<p>Cristina Pacione-Zayas, the 1st deputy mayor of Chicago, commented on the situation, stating that they can only \u200drespond, receive, and do their best\u200d to handle the influx. She added that\u200d they\u2063 do \u200bnot have control over the number \u2063of buses or the frequency\u2063 of immigrants arriving nor the decisions\u200b made by the federal government.<\/p>\n<p>The numbers \u200cof migrants transported to these sanctuary cities are staggering. Over 15,000 illegal immigrants\u200c have been sent to Chicago, while New York City has received approximately four times \u200bthat number.<\/p>\n<p>As the \u2064crisis continues, city officials are starting to consider the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/study-suggests-pregnant-women-vaccinated-for-covid-19-may-pass-on-antibodies-to-infants\/\" title=\"Study Suggests Pregnant Women Vaccinated For COVID-19 May Pass On Antibodies To Infants\">long-term effects<\/a> and implications of the situation. A New York \u200cCity\u2064 official, who chose to remain\u2062 unnamed, told WGN that they are a year and a half into this crisis \u200cand there is no\u2062 sign of it\u200b abating any time soon. They emphasized the need for a\u2062 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/sexual-consent-app-idea-draws-criticism-in-australia\/\" title=\"Sexual Consent App Idea Draws Criticism In Australia\">long-term solution<\/a> and questioned how this situation will\u2063 unfold.<\/p>\n<p>In the \u2064short term, this move by Mayor Leeser may result in increased tensions and debates among Democrats and Republicans regarding immigration policies. This action highlights the challenges faced by cities that have declared themselves as sanctuary cities. It also brings attention to the lack of resources and support from the federal government in managing the flow of migrants.<\/p>\n<p>The decision made by Mayor Leeser, regardless of political affiliation, demonstrates \u2063the frustration and desperation experienced by local authorities in dealing with the influx of migrants. It raises important\u200b questions about the responsibilities and obligations\u2064 of different levels of government in addressing \u200cthe immigration issue.<\/p>\n<p>As the situation unfolds, it is crucial for all parties involved to engage \u200cin meaningful discussions and collaborations to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fed-up-democrat-texas-mayor-follows-governor-abbotts-lead-buses-illegals-to-sanctuary-cities\/\" title=\"Texas Mayor, fed up with Democrats, follows Governor Abbott's example by transporting undocumented individuals to sanctuary cities.\">find viable\u200c long-term solutions<\/a>. The \u2063focus should not solely be on transporting migrants to different cities but rather on comprehensive immigration reform \u2063that addresses the root causes and provides humanitarian and sustainable solutions \u2064for all involved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Democratic mayor of El Paso, Texas, mimicked his Republican governor by transporting illegal immigrants to cities governed by fellow Democrats. Mayor Oscar Leeser dispatched five busloads of immigrants to Chicago, Denver, and New York, as reported by Reuters. 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