Even border crossers are too scared of Big Apple crime.
Mayor Adams tried to meet the last busload of migrants sent from Texas early Sunday, but was horrified to find that the majority had already fled, admitting it was likely due to “fear” of the city.
“We were led to believe that around 40 people must have been on that bus. Only 14 got off,” said Adams, who The Post caught having a heated exchange with an organizer during the alarming, unexpected 7 a.m. no-show at the Midtown Port Authority bus terminal.
Mayor Eric Adams greets asylum seekers at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. GN Miller “We have to work together – we’re not on different sides here,” Mayor Eric Adams told a woman directing arriving migrants. GN Miller Around 14 people got off the bus early Sunday, joining at least 50 who have already arrived in New York. GN Miller
The mayor suggested that the most likely reason was “that because of the fear that something would happen to them if they came to this place, people got off earlier.”
“And we’re concerned about that because we don’t want people to be left behind.” [just] everywhere,” he said as the handful who got off, including small children, were processed and then taken to taxis.
The post captured Adams having an ordeal with a woman who had helped him issue orders in Spanish to get the handful of arrivals off the bus.
The asylum seekers are coming from Texas, where Governor Greg Abbott is sending them to Democratic regions. Fox News Gov. Greg Abbott called the influx of asylum seekers into Texas a “crisis caused” by “open border policies.” “Fox News
“We have to work together – we’re not on different sides here, we have to work together,” Adams told the woman, who abruptly turned and walked away.
He later complained about the lack of information from Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who is sending the migrants to Democratic regions to ease what he called a “crisis caused” by “open border policies.”
“They don’t let us know when the buses leave. They don’t let us know what the needs of the people on the bus are. They don’t give us any information, so we can’t really deliver the service to people on the road,” Adams complained to Abbott’s team.
“We would like to get that information,” he said.
The 14 that landed at the Port Authority early Sunday joined at least 50 already sent here, with the first bus arriving on Friday. They will be taken to the city’s already overcrowded shelters or helped to move elsewhere if they have arranged to stay somewhere, the mayor said.
However, Adams told The Post that he has no interest in asking President Biden or federal agencies to change border policy and ease the flow.
“No. As mayor of New York City, I don’t deal with immigration issues, border issues — I have to provide services to the families that are here,” he told The Post.
“I am proud that this is a country with the right to shelter. And we will continue to do so,” he said.
Sunday’s arrivals were ushered to a special processing area staffed by City Hall staff with “NYC Public Engagement Unit” signs on laptops — and bags of supplies, including packaged meals, ready for arrivals.
The area was strictly off limits from prying eyes as the last border guards arrived.
However, after they left the terminal, a small group of activists greeted them, shouting “refugees welcome here” and “refugees welcome to New York”.
The first busload of migrants arrived on Friday, just days after Adams declined an invitation from Abbott to visit the southern border to “see first-hand the dire situation” there.
Abbott vowed to continue sending them to New York, which he called an “ideal destination” because of the city’s generous treatment of homeless people. It has also sent more than 6,100 to Washington since April, which local leaders say has led to a crisis.
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