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Washington, D.C., and New York City can handle a few busloads of
migrants if small border towns could endure hundreds – or
thousands – of migrants every day, the mayor of McAllen, Texas,
told Fox News.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams and Washington, D.C, Mayor Muriel
Bowser criticized Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing hundreds of
migrants from his state's border to their northern cities.
Adams called Abbott's busing program "inhumane," while Bowser
likened the arrival of migrants to a "humanitarian crisis."
"You see New York, you see Washington kind of drowning with a
few buses," McAllen Mayor Javier Villalobos told Fox News. "We
used to get over a thousand-something people a day."
"The city of McAllen was able to deal with thousands of
immigrants a day," Villalobos said. "I think they can handle a
few hundred."
McAllen dealt with record immigration in 2021, managing over
130,000 new arrivals between February and November, according to
city data. Villalobos said that McAllen sees about 100 crossings
a day.
Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management in
April to begin transporting illegal immigrants released from
federal custody in Texas to Washington, D.C., and other
locations outside the Lone Star State. Villalobos said he
initially wondered if Abbott had authority to bus migrants out
of state.
"When I found out that it was voluntary, well, that's great,
because that's the ultimate destination that these individuals
want to go anyway," McAllen said. "So if it's being provided, as
the state of Texas explains, well, they're a little bit lucky in
a sense, and it's fortunate for us that we can transport them
out even sooner."
New York City is an ideal destination for migrants since they
"can receive the abundance of city services and housing that
Mayor Eric Adams has boasted about within the sanctuary city,"
Abbott said in a statement. "I hope he follows through on his
promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our
overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief."
The lone star state has transported over 6,800 migrants to
Washington, D.C, since April and over 360 migrants to New York
City since last week, according to the governor's office. In
comparison, the Humanitarian Respite Center in McAllen saw over
1,500 new migrant arrivals for several days in early late July
and early August 2021, according to a city report.
Villalobos said migration has become a political game between
Democrats and Republicans.
"The other thing that I think is very important is that they
keep on urging Washington, and I mean the president, the Senate,
the Congress, to finally, finally take care of the issues
instead of just making it a political football, kicking it back
and forth," he told Fox News.
Over 2 million migrant encounters have been recorded since
October 2021, the highest number of enforcement actions ever
recorded, according to Customs and Border Protection.
Still, there likely won't be any changes to immigration policy
this year due to the midterms, Villalobos said.
The mayor also told Fox News he's concerned about terrorists
captured while attempting to cross the border. Since October
2021, there have been 110 migrants encountered at the southern
border who are on the terrorist screening dataset, also known as
the terrorist watchlist, according to CBP.
"People were caught that were on the terrorist watch list—how
many others were not?" Villalobos said. "We're talking about
thousands of the thousands of people that are not caught."
"It's a more national issue," Villalobos told Fox News. "And now
people are seeing it."
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/dc-new-york-handle-migrant-
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