PHILADELPHIA — A second busload of migrants from Texas arrived in Philadelphia this week, despite the city's plea for coordination with the state amid Gov. Greg Abbott's ongoing efforts to send asylum-seekers to Democratic-led areas, a city spokesperson said.
A Nov. 17 letter from Philadelphia Emergency Management Director Dominick Mireles to Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd implored the state official tasked with executing Gov. Greg Abbott's busing of migrants to"uphold a core tenet of our shared profession: collaboration."
A spokesperson for the City of Philadelphia told ABC News that Texas officials have not responded to the letter as of Tuesday. A group of 46 migrants were bused to Philadelphia from Texas on Monday, Philadelphia officials said.Since Abbott began directing his emergency management department to dispatch buses to Democrat-led cities as a way of calling attention to what he calls the Biden administration’s"open-border policies," officials in Chicago, New York City, Washington D.C.
Abbott has recently also decided to start busing migrants to an area close to the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., the home of Vice President Kamala Harris. His busing efforts have left local non-profit organizations scrambling to find housing and provide resources the migrants need to reach their chosen destination where they need to complete the next steps in the asylum claim process.
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