Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is calling out New York City Mayor Eric Adams for his “hypocrisy” for continuing to advocate the city’s so-called sanctuary city status for illegal foreign nationals while also sending them to 34 states and four countries.
“Shocking hypocrisy & duplicity by NY Mayor Adams is exposed,” Gov. Abbott tweeted, linking to a Politico report. “When he called me inhumane & racist for sending migrants to New York, he was sending migrants to China, South America & Texas. NY is not the sanctuary city it claims – it's a shipping center.”
In addition to attempting to send \asylum seekers to surrounding counties and being sued for it, Adams directed the city to spend roughly $50,000 to transport 114 households to all over the country and world, according to a new Politico report.
Just last month, Adams criticized Abbott, saying he was “deciding to play politics with people's lives” through Texas’ busing strategy. He also accused Abbott of “targeting five cities run by Black mayors. Put plainly, Abbott is using this crisis to hurt Black-run cities."
Abbott’s office responded at the time saying Adams' accusations were “lies” and duplicitous.
The Center Square has also reported that the Democratic-run city of El Paso has sent far more illegal foreign nationals to New York City and Chicago than the state of Texas has.
According to a response to a Freedom of Information Request submitted by Politico, from April 2022 to April 2023, New York City “resettled” 28 families to Florida, 14 to Texas and others to 32 other states. The city also paid for their transportation to China, Ecuador, Peru and Venezuela, according to the report.
Adams said Abbott transporting people to other cities was “morally bankrupt,” and maintains that other New York counties should take those the city can’t house. The counties sued, arguing they aren’t sanctuary counties, don’t have to do what Adams tells them to do, and he doesn’t have jurisdiction over their counties.
Shocking hypocrisy & duplicity by NY Mayor Adams is exposed.
— Greg Abbott (@GregAbbott_TX) June 24, 2023
When he called me inhumane & racist for sending migrants to New York, he was sending migrants to China, South America & Texas.
NY is not the sanctuary city it claims—it's a shipping center. https://t.co/La9dr0Dkg9
