Gov. Abbott Announces More Migrants Will Head To Sanctuary Cities As Overwhelmed Democrats Make Desperate Move

Last week, Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced that he would continue to send migrants to sanctuary cities across the country as the crisis on the southern border continues to worsen with August seeing the highest number of migrant encounters on record at 304,162 encounters by Customs and Border Protection.

“Texas border towns should not have to shoulder the burden of Biden’s open border policies,” the governor posted on X/Twitter. “Texas will continue to send buses to sanctuary cities to provide relief to overrun border towns.”

Abbott began the busing program in early 2022 as hundreds of thousands of migrants continued to flow across the southern border unchecked thanks to the Biden administration's open border policies.

"Texas continues to bus migrants to sanctuary cities to relieve overwhelmed border towns," the governor wrote alongside the number of migrants who have been transported to sanctuary cities already including over 12,000 to Washington, D.C., over 15,300 to New York City, over 9,200 to Chicago, over 3,000 to Philadelphia, over 1,800 to Denver, and over 650 to Los Angeles.

As Texas' busing efforts continue, officials in Democrat-led states like New York are begging for relief from the consequences of the policies that they pushed on border states.

As previously reported by the DC Enquirer, Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) announced that she will be calling up the New York National Guard to assist in handling the migrant crisis with Fox News reporting that 150 guardsmen will be called upon to help with case management for asylum seekers and work permit authorization for Venezuelans.

The announcement of additional manpower comes after 2,200 guardsmen have already been called up to assist New York City and the surrounding area.

"Now that we have the opportunity granted by President Biden to help the Venezuelans who came before July 31st be able to apply for temporary protective status and what follows that literally with the same application, is the work authorization -- that coveted work authorization. That's their ticket to the American Dream," Hochul said.

"You'll be helping them get a job, helping them support themselves, helping them leave these shelters, because I believe they did not come all these thousands of miles to live in a shelter with hundreds, if not thousands of others," the Democrat governor explained. "So the National Guard has already been working to survey them. We have different categories. Some people are eligible to work right now if they already came in through the Customs and Border Protection app. There are people qualified for that. There are parolees eligible to work. There are the asylum seekers who need to apply for asylum and wait 180 days. And now we have this new category that allow the expedited work permits for Venezuelans who arrived here earlier." 

The New York Democrat went on to explain that some migrants may just be in New York temporarily and will need a bus ticket to exit the state. The governor's office has allocated $50 million to assist with case management for the hundreds of thousands of migrants who have entered the Empire State since Biden's inauguration.

Governor Abbott's plan to bus migrants to sanctuary cities across the country has proven to be one of the best ways to change the minds of Democrat voters and ensure that the crisis at the southern border is not just felt by the Lone Star State. Migrants will continue to overwhelm these sanctuary cities until the US-Mexico border is secure.

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