Mayor Eric Adams assures that migrants who arrive in Texas are forced to get on the buses that take them to New York, even if they plan to arrive somewhere else, and that this puts pressure on the social safety net of the city is bigger.
Speaking to the media at the Port Authority Bus Terminal, the mayor of New York said, “This is horrible, when you think regarding what the governor, the governor of Texas, is doing.”
As Adams spoke, another bus loaded with migrants arrived. Given this scenario, she commented that there were many families who did not have New York as their destination and who were tricked into getting on the buses to be transferred.
Forced and cheated. In his comments to the press, he stated that his administration is “discovering that some families who are on the bus wanted to go to other places and were not allowed to do so. They were forced to get on the bus with the understanding that they were going to other places.” they wanted to go, and when they tried to explain they weren’t allowed to.
- Adams’ criticism extended to the Greg Abbott administration in Texas for failing to provide coordination information to New York City, such as when the buses would arrive, how many people were on them or where they planned to go.
- He added that rumors are spreading in the city that some people are getting out of vehicles early and trying to find their way around New York.
- At least 14 asylum seekers were traveling on the bus that arrived this Sunday, less than half of what the city expected.
Adams vs Abbott. The mayor of New York and his counterpart in Texas have had a war of words since July 19 when he first accused him of launching migrants into his city.
- Abbott initially denied that was happening, but on Friday said Texas would send asylum seekers directly to New York.
Collapsed hostels. New York’s right to housing laws require the city to care for migrants, no matter how many or in what conditions they arrive. Specialists on the subject affirm that the shelter system is struggling with reasons that go beyond what happens to migrants. The mayor has focused on this issue and has repeatedly called for more federal support.
- The daily census in the shelters registers more than 50 thousand people per day, 10% more than it was in the first part of the year.
- Adams explained that those who want to stay in New York are taken to shelters, and those who want to go to another state receive support so they can go there.
- In recent days, perhaps hundreds of people have arrived with completely bogus documents, addresses and phone numbers, directing them to a shelter that didn’t exist or leaving them wandering the streets, News 4 reported.
- Authorities say migrants are the ones directly providing the misinformation, while aid groups deny it, saying federal agents and officials are giving it to people.
- Taxis lined up near the Port Authority Bus Terminal with signs reading “Solidarity Forever” written on them, waiting for migrants arriving from Texas to take them to shelters and other locations.
- A taxi driver commented that his union received a request for help from the city.
- Taxi driver Mohamad Haque said: “We are all migrants… we all are, we come from different countries, from different backgrounds. This New York City is open to everyone.”
Main source: NBC New York