New York estimates that about 4,000 asylum-seekers have arrived in the city in the past few months. But the majority of buses from Texas and from Arizona, have gone to Washington, D.C.
It is surmised that immigrants are potentially traveling from DC to New York on their own. And with the record number of border crossings some asylum-seekers are independently making their way to the city. And many of the immigrants believe it will be easier to find work in New York.
There is already a rapid increase in the number of homeless across the US due to the rapidly deteriorating economy. It is likely that both the sanctuary cities
Governors clash in social media
The governors are all fighting it out on social media.
The Adams administration denounced the bus trips as a stunt by Abbott. Abbott’s “continued use of human beings as political pawns is disgusting,” Fabien Levy, a spokesperson for Adams, wrote on Twitter. The city, Levy added, would continue “to welcome asylum-seekers” but needed federal support to do so.
