Texas Gov. Greg Abbott criticized New York City Mayor Eric Adams over the ticketing of buses carrying migrants from his state to the so-called sanctuary city, following a state of emergency declaration in the Big Apple amid the influx.
The New York Police Department was seen over the weekend pulling over buses near the Port Authority that had dropped of dozens of migrants.The officers reportedly searched each bus for possible infractions, including tire treads, fluid levels and even windshield wiper placement, the New York Post reported Sources told the Post the inspections were part of a ploy to find excuses to take the buses off the road and complicate the transportation of migrants caught illegally crossing the southern border into New York.
A migrant on crutches and missing a limb disembarks a bus at Port Authority in New York City on Sept. 18, 2022. (Fox News ) A handful of drivers were issued tickets, the paper reported. "This is another pathetic ply by Mayor Adams to stop Texas from busing migrants to his self-declared sanctuary city," a spokesperson for Abbott's office told Fox News. "Each bus used by the State of Texas for this busing mission undergoes thorough Texas Department of Public Safety Commercial Vehicle inspections before departing for sanctuary cities." Abbott, a Republican, has bused thousands of migrants to New York, Washington D.C., and Chicago, an effort intended to bring attention to the overwhelming of resources in border towns from Democratic-run cities.
But the bussing is a bipartisan effort, with the Democratic mayor of El Paso, Texas, sending more migrants to New York City than Abbott.
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