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The busload of asylum-seekers touching down in Trenton at around 10:50 p.m. Wednesday had no
qualms about being escorted to New York City, according to the photos. Page Six Style

A busload of migrants from Texas arrived in Trenton at 10:50 p.m. and were met by New Jersey Transit cops.
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NJT cops met them as they got off the bus and provided them with instructions, before leading them to a
transit center and put on board Manhattan-bound trains at around 11:20 p.m.
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The trains arrived at Penn Station at around 2:30 a.m. Thursday. From there, the migrants got into waiting
cars that transport them to the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown.

The hotel has served as the primary intake center for the more than 162,000 migrants who have arrived in
the five boroughs since spring 2022, primarily from Texas, after crossing the US-Mexico border.

Adams began cracking down on charter bus companies bringing migrants from the Lone Star State to
New York City by issuing an executive order limiting when and where they can drop off their passengers.

The companies instead started dropping off asylum-seekers in New Jersey towns — prompting local
officials to start organizing their transfers to Manhattan via trains, which are exempt from Adams’ order. Kelly Clarkson jokes her stylists only
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New Jersey police officers escort the migrants to the Trenton transit center after they get off the buses from Texas.
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The migrants are escorted by cops to ensure they board trains into Manhattan, and are put on the trains at 11:21 p.m.
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New Jersey police make sure the migrants board the trains to Manhattan’s Penn Station shortly after arriving.
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State and local officials in New Jersey claim they don’t have the resources to handle the influx of migrants.

They also maintain New York has the federal aid to handle the crisis — despite the repeated refusal by
the White House in recent months to help the Big Apple cope with the crunch of asylum seekers.

“New Jersey benefits from New York City last I checked,” Richards, the Queens borough president,
fumed. “A lot of Jersey residents take advantage of jobs in New York… New York doesn’t have the
resources either.”

Since Saturday, 12 buses have arrived in Trenton, New Jersey’s capital, carrying 526 migrants, some as
young as 2.

Statewide, New Jersey has seen the arrival of 26 buses, as of Thursday morning, with nearly all 1,200
migrants on-board continuing on to New York.

a shame that they’ve become political pawns,” Mayor Gusciora said of the migrants. “I understand
“It’s
[Texas Gov. Greg] Abbott’s position but unleashing them without a heads up or warning is
unconscionable.”

At 2:30 a.m. the migrants arrive at Penn Station in Manhattan less than four hours after getting off the bus in Trenton.
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At least one New York pol said she doesn’t blame New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy for making sure the
asylum-seekers spend as little time as possible in his state.

“The governor of New Jersey is doing the right thing,” NY state Assemblywoman Jaime Williams (D-
told The Post.

“He has to protect the people of New Jersey. They’ll be a mirror of what’s happening in New York,” she
said.

“This is a national problem,” Williams added. “Right now it’s a free-for-all. We’re not a third-world country.
The Biden administration needs to do better.”

At Penn Station, the migrants are escorted into waiting vehicles. It is unclear who supplied the vehicles.
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More than 162,000 migrants have been processed at the Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown since the spring of 2022.
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Murphy said his administration has been “in active consultation among ourselves and as well as with our
colleagues in New York City and New York State” over the transfers.

“Our teams have continued to deliberate and speak,” he said. “We are obviously monitoring this very
closely.”

Speaking to reporters Thursday, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said she agreed with Adams’ executive
order, which also requires bus companies to give the city 32 hours notice before dropping off migrants.

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But Hochul dodged when asked if she was requesting that Murphy help share the brunt of the problem by
keeping some of the migrants in his state.

“Ifthey say their destination is New York City they cannot be held in New Jersey,” she told reporters at an
unrelated press conference Thursday.

She also blamed New York City’s “right to shelter” law, which Adams has been pushing to get amended .

“My view is they are sending them to New York City because of the right to shelter [law],” Hochul said.
“That’s the difference between New York City and New Jersey right now and that’s something the city and
the City Council have the opportunity to deal with.”

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Lisa Propst
3 hours ago
Trump needs to be re-elected so that he can SHUT the southern border down. If you go to
ther countries you have to either talk their language or hire a translator. What is wrong with
U.S. standing up and FIRING the senate and congress as well as the president? The next
after Trump get...
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Jack DiPasquale
2 hours ago
A few yrs. ago Supreme Court ordered Biden to implement Trumps border policies. To prevent
n illegal immigration state of emergency. The orders were ignored by Biden. Not one
politician spoke out. This illegal immigration crisis is on the Democrats. Although
did have a dream to "m...
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Richard Boone
3 hours ago
This invasion won't stop until Trump is back in office. On day one he will re-implement the
emain-in-Mexico arrangement that was so effective in slowing the invasion. Next will be the
and then kicking out the invaders.
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