New York City is considering legal action against Texas and other states led by Republican governors along the southern border over their decision to bus migrants to the five boroughs, Mayor Eric Adams said in an interview that aired Sunday.
Adams’ declaration came less than a week after the Democratic mayor of El Paso revealed at a public meeting that New York’s mayor had agreed to coordinate the arrivals of migrants sent by his city — and as Hizzoner renewed his longstanding complaints that state officials in Texas have refused to make similar arrangements.
“We have this heavy influx, and that’s why our legal team is looking at what legal challenges we could do with Texas, as well as how do we properly ensure everyone receives the necessary services they deserve,” the mayor told WCBS-TV/Ch. 2.
“Our legal team is looking at what legal challenges we could do with Texas,” Mayor Eric Adams confirmed. James Keivom
Mayor Eric Adams said Gov. Greg Abbott “should have communicated with New York.” Brandon Bell/Getty ImagesHe reiterated the threat when the moderator, Marcia Kramer, asked him to clarify if there was a way to “stop this.”
“We’re looking at that,” Adams responded. “We believe there’s some options we have, because when you involuntarily place someone on a bus, we believe that actually skates the law. And so our legal team is looking at this.”
City Hall says that at least 11,000 recent arrivals at the southern border — many of whom are from Venezuela and are seeking asylum from that country’s brutal dictatorship — have been bused to the five boroughs since the start of the summer.
More than 8,000, officials add, are living in the city shelters, an influx that has pushed the scandal-scarred system to the brink.
Adams again attacked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for refusing to even coordinate the buses with City Hall, a decision that means local agencies have little or no warning and must constantly scramble when hundreds of migrants arrive at the Port Authority.
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“I think it’s really inhumane what we’re seeing, using people during a difficult time as a political ploy and not coordinating with cities,” the mayor told Kramer. “Every city that the migrants are passing, the governor of Texas should have communicated with, and he should have communicated with New York.”
But he made no mention of how Biden administration policies have fueled the surge of asylum seekers to the border.
The Post revealed Friday that the Adams administration had struck an agreement with officials in El Paso — a major Texas city along the border — to coordinate and accept as many as 200 arrivals a day.
