Already, some 36,000 migrants have entered New York's emergency intake system.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Mayor Adams had previously warned in an open letter to Polis the drawbacks of such a plan, stating local governments were struggling to handle an ongoing influx of migrant arrivals,"Continuing to bus asylum seekers to Chicago and New York City would only exacerbate the challenges the two cities currently face and would also further victimize these mostly vulnerable individuals," Lightfoot and Adams said in the joint letter.
He said helping the migrants reach their final destination was part of Coloradans' shared values of assisting people fleeing oppression and noted the state worked with "culturally competent navigators to ensure that each individual is voluntarily making their decision." "Let us work together to advocate to the federal government for a national solution that responds to this need," Mayors Lightfoot and Adams said in their joint letter.
Since spring, thousands of asylum seekers have been bused to cities away from the southern border, often at the direction of Republican state officials who have been critical of federal border policies.
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