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Media Published August 11, 2023 9:18am EDT

Chuck Todd admits Gov. Abbott was

'right' about bussing migrants to blue
cities: Dems are 'upset' at Biden
The Texas governor has sent busloads of migrants to sanctuary cities including New York City, Chicago, Los
Angeles and Washington, D.C.

By Yael Halon | Fox News

NBC's Chuck Todd says Greg Abbott's reason for sending migrants to blue cities appears to 'right'
'Meet the Press' host discusses New York City's 'growing humanitarian crisis' after Mayor Eric Adams begged for more federal assistance amid the influx of
migrants.

In a surprising admission Thursday, NBC's Chuck Todd said that Gov. Greg Abbott, R-
was "right" when he said bussing migrants to blue cities would turn Democratic
politicians against the Biden administration and pressure the White House to get control
over the border.

During a preview of an upcoming segment on "Meet the Press", Todd discussed New York
City's "growing humanitarian crisis" as officials grapple with an influx of migrants
overwhelming city shelters and draining its resources. As Todd spoke, images of migrants
camped out on New York City streets appeared on screen beside a frustrated Mayor Eric
Adams.

"Coming up, New York City's growing humanitarian crisis. The shelter system, slammed by
an influx of migrants. New calls for federal help. I guess Greg Abbott was right," Todd told
viewers. "He said once he got blue cities to deal with this, that they would be very upset at
the federal government."

‘THE VIEW’ CO-HOST JOY BEHAR SAYS GOV GREG ABBOTT A ‘SADIST’

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has previously said the migrant relocations will not stop until the federal government fixes the
crisis at the Southern Border. (Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

Earlier Thursday, Adams renewed calls for increased action from the federal government
after warning that the sanctuary city’s ongoing migrant crisis threatens to "decimate" it.
New York City has repeatedly declared itself full and overwhelmed by the number of
migrants that have entered, both on their own and with assistance from Texas, where
Abbott has been offering migrants buses to get to cities like the Big Apple, as well as
Washington, D.C., Chicago and Philadelphia.

Adams said the influx of migrants is projected to cost over $12 billion by 2025, reporting
that nearly 100,000 asylum seekers have arrived in the city in the last year alone. New York
City, Adams said, is "past our breaking point," pleading for additional help from the state
and federal government.

His comments come days after Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey declared a state of
emergency over a surge of migrants that she says has left social services overwhelmed,
while demanding more funding and help from the federal government.

TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT DEFENDS DECISION TO BUILD FLOATING BORDER WALL
AMID IMMIGRATION CRISIS

Democratic New York City Mayor Eric Adams pleaded for more federal assistance on Thursday amid an influx of migrants
that has overwhelmed city resources. (Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)

Healey, a Democrat, announced that a state of emergency exists "due to rapid and
unabating increases in the number of families with children and pregnant people — many
of them newly arriving migrants and refugees — living within the state but without the
means to secure safe shelter in our communities."

Along with Massachusetts and New York City, Chicago and the state of New York have
made emergency declarations this year and called for help in response to the migrant
wave, despite not being anywhere near the besieged southern border.

Meanwhile, Texas continues to send buses of migrants to sanctuary cities across the
country, including Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. Abbott has previously said the
migrant relocations will not stop until the federal government fixes the crisis at the
Southern Border.

Hundreds of migrants are seen sleeping outside the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown Manhattan early Monday July 31, 2023.
Asylum seekers are camping outside the Roosevelt Hotel as the Manhattan relief center is at capacity. (Luiz C. Ribeiro for
NY Daily News via Getty Images)

Democrats and the Biden administration have condemned the bussing of migrants as
political theater, but Republicans like Abbott say the move was designed to share the
burden of migrants while forcing Democratic politicians and the White House to
acknowledge just how dire the border crisis has become.

Abbott's transportation tactic was hailed by Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., as "one of the smartest
moves made by a governor" in the past decade.

Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report.

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