Texas gov’s office accuses NYC mayor of ‘flat-out lying’ after considering legal action over bussed migrants

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s workplace is firing again at New York Metropolis Mayor Eric Adams after he stated town was contemplating taking authorized motion in opposition to Texas over the busloads of migrants being despatched from the Lone Star State to the Huge Apple. 

Adams made the feedback throughout a Sunday look on CBS 2 after extra buses carrying migrants arrived Sunday morning in New York Metropolis. 

“We imagine there are some choices we now have, as a result of once you involuntarily place somebody on a bus, we imagine that really skates the regulation… We’re not leaving any stones unturned to be sure that New Yorkers are [not] being handled in an unfair manner.” 

In an announcement to Fox Information Digital, Renae Eze, press secretary for Gov. Abbott, accused Mayor Adams of “flat-out mendacity.”

“(Mayor Adams) is aware of these migrants willingly selected to go to New York Metropolis, since his employees noticed firsthand on their secret journey to Texas as migrants raised their palms to go on buses to his sanctuary metropolis,” Eze stated, noting that migrants signal a voluntary consent waiver obtainable in a number of languages upon boarding that they agree on the vacation spot. 

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“They usually had been processed and launched by the federal authorities, who dumped them in small Texas border cities,” Eze stated. “As a substitute of spreading falsehoods and complaining a few couple thousand migrants being bussed into his sanctuary metropolis, Mayor Adams ought to name on President Biden to take fast motion to safe the border—one thing the President continues failing to do.”

When reached for remark, the mayor’s workplace directed Fox Information to statements Mayor Adams’ revamped the weekend. 

At a Q&A on Monday, the mayor clarified that his authorized crew was “taking a look at all our authorized choices round this complete occasion” and didn’t “pinpoint any explicit place.” 

FILE: Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks throughout a press convention in regards to the mass capturing at Uvalde Excessive College on Might 27, 2022, in Uvalde, Texas. 
(Photograph by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Company by way of Getty Photos)

“As our counsel stated final week, we’re trying on the proper to shelter points of it. We’re strongly in help of proper to shelter, however there are points of it that we need to take a look at,” Mayor Adams stated. “And so we’re taking a look at our authorized choices on all of what we’re seeing, deal with this. And as soon as we establish what authorized actions we’ll take, we’ll announce that.” 

Republican governors have been sending extra migrants launched on the U.S. border with Mexico to Democratic strongholds, elevating questions on their authorized standing, how they’re introduced on board buses and planes, and the fee to taxpayers.

Since April, Texas has bussed about 8,000 migrants to Washington, 2,200 to New York and 300 to Chicago. Arizona bussed greater than 1,800 to Washington since Might, whereas town of El Paso, Texas, bussed greater than 1,100 to New York since Aug. 23.

Florida’s Ron DeSantis flew about 50 Venezuelans final week to the small, upscale island of Martha’s Winery in Massachusetts. Throughout the weekend, Texas’ Greg Abbott bussed extra migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’ Washington dwelling.

Fox Information’ Landon Mion and The Related Press contributed to this report.