Gov. Abbott Accelerates Busing of Foreign Nationals from Southern Border to New York City

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is accelerating the state’s busing to New York City of foreign nationals who’ve entered the U.S. through the southern border.

The majority coming in are believed to not have valid asylum claims, are bypassing federal immigration law, and instead of being deported are being released into the U.S. under new Biden administration policies, attorneys general who’ve sued the administration argue.

Rather than have the 5,000 people being apprehended a day in areas of Texas overwhelm local border communities, Abbott said he’s sending them north to the so-called “Sanctuary Cities” of Washington, D.C. and New York City.

So far, Texas has bused over 1,500 people to New York City since Aug. 5 in addition to 7,400 to Washington, D.C. since April. Doing so, he argues, “is providing much-needed relief to our overwhelmed border communities.”

The state’s border security effort, Operation Lone Star, initiated in March 2021, “continues to fill the dangerous gaps left by the Biden Administration’s refusal to secure the border,” Abbott said. “Every individual who is apprehended or arrested and every ounce of drugs seized would have otherwise made their way into communities across Texas and the nation due to President Biden’s open border policies.”

The Texas Department of Public Safety and Texas National Guard are continuing to thwart the illegal smuggling of drugs, weapons and people. They’ve so far apprehended 297,200 foreign nationals who’ve entered Texas illegally, and made more than 19,000 criminal arrests, including more than 16,400 felony charges.

Since last March, DPS has seized over 335.5 million lethal doses of fentanyl, enough to kill nearly every adult and child in the U.S. These numbers exclude those of federal and other agencies.

Abbott has invited both Democratic mayors of New York City and Washington, D.C. to see the border for themselves. They’ve declined his offer…. (Excerpt from the Virginia Star)