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“The migrant crisis is something that is unsustainable; I think those are the words of your mayor,” Abbott told the crowd at Manhattan’s Yale Club, where he was a guest speaker. “The challenge that the City of New York and the State of New York are dealing with, it’s all about one person: Joe Biden,” Abbott said. “Joe Biden can flip that switch any day and stop New York from having to deal with the consequences of an open border. They must prevail upon their president for more than just money; they need a change in policy.”
Responding to Sanctuary invites from city and state politicians, nearly 120,000 migrants have flooded into New York after crossing Biden’s open border in Texas, Arizona, and other southern states. With border cities overrun by the migrants, Abbott was only too happy to bus them to New York.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul didn’t take kindly to Abbott’s chastise, sniffing that she “will not be taking advice” from her Texas counterpart, adding that his statements are “pure politics” and that his time would be better spent urging Republicans to stop blocking immigration reforms.
Mayor Eric Adams, who recently said the migrant crisis will “destroy New York City,” teamed up with Hochul to pressure Biden into lifting work requirements for thousands of Venezuelans by giving them protected status.
“There probably could not be a worse strategy, a worse policy than temporary protected status,” Abbott said. “Temporary protected status leads to permanent magnet status. They’ll be attracting millions and more people to come to this country illegally.”
Adams has been repeatedly rebuffed in asking Biden for more money to cover the $12 billion he said the migrants will cost over the next two years, while Hochul’s meeting with the president when he was at the United Nations resulted in no financial commitments from the White House.