Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that his state is now busing migrants seeking asylum in the United States to New York City, in what he says is a protest.
There are people crossing the border between the US and Mexico at the Rio Grande River. The photo was taken by Mario Tama.
The first group of migrants were taken to New York City by bus on Friday.
The mayor of D.C. has called the situation a "humanitarian crisis."
Many migrants continue to travel to New York City using their own means despite the fact that D.C. is mostly a stop point.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams claims that 2,800 migrants have arrived in the city in the past few months, and that they have begun to overwhelm some city services.
The mayors turned down the offer of going to Texas to see the situation at the border.
"New York City is the ideal destination for these migrants, who can receive the abundance of city services and housing that Mayor Eric Adams has bragged about within the sanctuary city," Abbott said.
The migrants have been released from federal custody along the Texas- Mexico border. Many of the migrants are asylum seekers from Venezuela who want to live in the US. The Biden Administration's decision to end Title 42, a Trump-era policy that quickly ejected asylum seekers from the U.S., prompted Abbott to start the busing program. The White House has blasted the busing as a "publicity stunt" despite the policy being technically in place. According to the New York Times, the governor of Arizona started a busing program in May that has sent 1000 migrants to D.C.
The Pentagon denied a request for the D.C. National Guard to be activated in response to the influx of migrants, according to reports.
The mayor of D.C. is requesting help from the National Guard.
The White House calls the first migrant bus a publicity stunt.
A judge has stopped the Biden administration from ending Title 42 migrant policy.
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