On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America Reports,” Rep. Jonathan Jackson (D-IL) stated that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) should be investigated by the federal government for “child smuggling” over his busing of migrants to sanctuary cities, but
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” co-host Sara Sidner stated that Republicans have ensured that immigration is “in the faces of people who don’t normally see it” in New York and Martha’s Vineyard, regardless of “how bad” the busing
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN News Central,” CNN Political Director David Chalian stated that “We normally think of” immigration as “just an issue for the right-wing echo chamber.” But now that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has brought “the migrant
On Monday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” Biden Campaign Co-Chair Rep. Veronica Escobar (D-TX) stated that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) has had political success and made immigration “a local issue” for cities like New York, Chicago, and Denver. After host
On Friday, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont (D) stated that Democrats were “mugged by reality” on immigration and “Maybe Democrats were a little slow to get up to speed on this. Some of us, from this part of the region, we
On Friday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Inside Politics,” CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama Adviser David Axelrod stated that President Joe Biden has shifted positions on immigration because Democrats have moved on the issue because busing migrants to sanctuary cities
On Thursday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that one reason Democrats have shifted on border policy and are supporting things “that I would have thought that they would never have done” is because now, they’re
On Tuesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning” CNN Senior Political Commentator and former Obama Adviser Van Jones said that migrant busing has caused immigration to break through to the Democratic base because you have Democratic officials who are saying they
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN This Morning,” Sen. Michael Bennet (D-CO) stated that Democrats have “shifted dramatically” on immigration policy “because of what’s happened at the border” and what’s happening in cities like Denver. Bennet also stated that the failures
On Wednesday’s broadcast of CNN’s “Situation Room,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) stated that New York City busing migrants out of the city is different from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) busing them to the city because “We’re
While speaking to New York ABC affiliate WABC on Monday, Edison, New Jersey Mayor Sam Joshi (D) stated that he turned a bus full of migrants sent to the city back because local police “did not know if any of
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is continuing to transport illegal migrants to Chicago despite a new city ordinance targeting busing, with eight busloads heading into the sanctuary city Sunday morning after hundreds of asylum seekers were flown in overnight.
Several busloads of illegal border crossers were dropped off in suburban Chicago towns Friday after the Windy City hastily passed new rules putting heavy restrictions on buses looking to drop off passengers.
On Friday’s “PBS NewsHour,” Washington Post Associate Editor and MSNBC host Jonathan Capehart stated that part of the reason why concerns around the border and immigration have grown is because Republican governors are “using immigrants and using human beings for
Texas Governor Greg Abbott stepped up the process of moving migrants out of the state to sanctuary cities by starting migrant flights to Chicago. The escalation follows actions by the Chicago mayor to interfere with migrant buses sent from the Lone Star State.
Mexican federal and local police forces in Mexico City have been rounding up migrants and busing them to the southern part of the country in an attempt to alleviate the severe overcrowding. The severe overcrowding comes as the United States and Mexico have been unable to contain the growing number of migrants and asylum seekers trying to make their way north.
The number of migrants bused from Texas to multiple sanctuary cities topped 63,000 this week, according to a post on X by Governor Greg Abbott. The migrants are bused from Texas to Washington D.C., New York City, Philadelphia, Chicago, Denver, and Los Angeles.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered the busing of nearly 52,000 migrants from the border region to self-proclaimed sanctuary cities nationwide.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of NewsNation’s “Morning in America,” White House National Security Coordinator for Strategic Communications John Kirby stated that American cities aren’t feeling the impact of the border policies the White House says it’s working on because there are
Officials in the city and county of Denver, Colorado, asked Texas border towns to distribute flyers aimed at discouraging migrants from traveling to the Mile High Sanctuary City after crossing the border from Mexico. Denver officials asked the border communities to distribute flyers saying the city is out of resources to take care of migrants and that low-cost housing is unavailable.
The State of Texas is telling mayors of sanctuary cities in other states to “gear up” as “more migrant buses are on the way.” Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered additional buses to transport migrants being released onto the streets of border communities.
On Thursday’s broadcast of NPR’s “All Things Considered,” Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass defended the city codifying its sanctuary city status and acknowledged that being a sanctuary city will spend city resources on migrants and also said that they can’t
On Thursday’s broadcast of WABC’s “Sid & Friends,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) defended planning to send migrants to other counties and argued that New York City has “sent more to Washington and Albany than we’ve gotten back”
On Monday’s broadcast of ABC’s “GMA3,” Denver Mayor Michael Hancock stated that the city has received a record influx of migrants into the city since December that is financially “unsustainable” without more help from the federal government, and stated that
Texas Governor Greg Abbott sent Vice President Kamala Harris a busload of migrants for Mother’s Day on Sunday. The migrants had been released by the Biden-Harris administration after crossing the border from Mexico into Texas.
Upstate New York hotels reportedly kicked homeless veterans from their properties to make room for migrants being bused to the region from New York City. The homeless veterans, many Vietnam-era veterans, were receiving temporary shelter in the hotels through the efforts of a nonprofit agency.
On Friday’s broadcast of ABC’s “Good Morning America,” DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas stated that the federal court ruling blocking the federal government from releasing migrants into the United States without orders to show up in court is “a very harmful
Border Patrol agents apprehended more than 20,000 migrants in the past two days who crossed the southwest border with Mexico between ports of entry. Tuesday was the second day in a row where the apprehension rate topped 10,000 per day as the end of Title 42 approached on Thursday.
As the border crisis grows, Governor Greg Abbott ordered an increase in the busing of migrants from the Texas border region to the sanctuary cities of Chicago, New York City, and Philadelphia. The first bus of about 50 migrants arrived in Chicago late Tuesday morning after a journey from Laredo, Texas.
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Ingraham Angle,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) responded to charges by New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) that he is targeting cities with black mayors with his migrant busing program by
On Wednesday’s broadcast of “CNN Primetime,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams (D) reiterated his claim that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) is sending migrants to cities that have black mayors to hurt them, and said that the fact that
On Friday’s broadcast of HBO’s “Real Time,” Rep. Ruben Gallego (D-AZ) stated that towns along the border do have to send asylum seekers to other cities because dealing with the surge of migrants and taking care of migrants “is a
On Wednesday’s broadcast of MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) reacted to migrants being bused to cities like Chicago, New York, and Washington, D.C. by saying that there needs to be a better understanding of how communities along the
On Wednesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “Your World,” Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-TX) stated that when Title 42 is removed, there will be “large numbers of people coming in.” And his home city of Laredo is planning to bus
Governor Greg Abbott’s busing of migrants to Chicago led officials from that city and the state of Illinois to visit the Texas border with Mexico. The officials described their visit to the overwhelmed Texas border sector as “eye-opening.”
Despite a recent Biden Administration policy to reduce the number of Venezuelan migrant crossings along the southwest border, shelters and federal detention facility overcrowding is forcing the new arrivals onto El Paso’s streets. Those with the financial means to travel freely are sent to a downtown commercial bus depot. Meanwhile, local officials have paused dedicated buses to Chicago and New York City until federal reimbursements are met.
New York Democrat Gov. Kathy Hochul, in Tuesday night’s first and only debate against Republican Rep. Lee Zeldin, said, “We’ve already seen a stemming of the tide of people coming” across the border.
Del Rio Sector Border Patrol officials report the apprehension of just under 13,000 migrants during a recent seven-day period. They arrested more than 5,000 over the weekend.
