Newly released documents reveal that New York City Mayor Eric Adams sent illegal border crossers in the city to multiple destinations including Texas, Florida and even China.
This is the same mayor who has repeatedly complained when leaders in other states have sent migrants to his city.
Politico reports:
Documents reveal Eric Adams sent migrants to Florida, Texas and ChinaAfter lashing out at leading Republicans for busing asylum-seekers to Democrat-led cities, New York Mayor Eric Adams turned around and did something similar — sending dozens of migrants to red states like Florida and Texas.And Adams didn’t stop at the nation’s borders.Between April 2022 and April 2023, New York City spent around $50,000 to resettle 114 migrant households in cities around the U.S. and the globe, according to information obtained exclusively by POLITICO through a public information request. Some were sent to countries in South America — and one all the way to China.The most common destinations were Florida, which received 28 families, and Texas, which received 14.That represents a fraction of the nearly 79,000 migrants who entered the city since last spring, and is thousands fewer than Gov. Greg Abbott has sent out of Texas. But the fact that New York City paid for trips to Republican strongholds could further inflame national tensions on a subject that is sure to influence both Congressional races and President Joe Biden’s reelection bid.
Brittany Bernstein of National Review reminds us what Adams has said about this in the past:
The report comes after Adams previously accused Florida governor Ron DeSantis and Texas governor Greg Abbott of relocating migrants only as “part of a political ploy.” The mayor had also accused Abbott and DeSantis of creating a “humanitarian crisis” by sending migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border up north.Abott sent thousands of migrants via bus to New York City and Washington, D.C., while DeSantis sent 85 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard and California last year.A spokeswoman for the mayor’s office defended the resettlements in a statement to Politico: “In contrast, New York City has, as we have discussed very publicly for months, worked to connect individuals with friends, family, and networks whether in New York City or outside of it.”“We are not coercing people to leave, we are not suggesting or recommending locations, and we are not presenting any kind of false choice. We are helping people who want to reconnect with loved ones or communities do so,” Kate Smart said.
So when Republicans do this it’s a ploy, but when Democrat leaders in New York do it, they’re helping people.
No one is buying that.
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