Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced on Thursday that the first of multiple buses of immigrants arrived in Denver, Colorado. This comes days after Title 42’s end.
The Texas governor vowed to continue sending buses of immigrants to sanctuary cities across the country until President Joe Biden and his administration act on the concerns at the southern border.
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“Texas’ overwhelmed and overrun border communities should not have to shoulder the flood of illegal immigration due to President Biden’s reckless open border policies, like his mass catch and release without court dates or any way to track them,” Abbott said.
“Until the President and his Administration step up and fulfill their constitutional duty to secure the border, the State of Texas will continue busing migrants to self-declared sanctuary cities like Denver to provide much-needed relief to our small border towns,” he added.
The immigrants were dropped off in Denver near Civic Center Park at the corner of 14th Street and Court Place, per the announcement.
A report indicated that 41 immigrants were transported on the bus.
According to the governor’s office, “more than 19,000” immigrants have been bused to sanctuary cities since April 2022.
Title 42, before its end, was a pandemic-era measure that allowed Border Patrol to expel immigrants without issuing asylum hearing dates due to concerns over communicable diseases.
Before the policy’s end at 11:59 pm on May 11, a bus of immigrants from Texas arrived at Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington, D.C.
In November, the Lone Star State marked the 300th bus of immigrants being sent from Texas. The bus was headed to Chicago, Illinois, which also considers itself a sanctuary for illegal immigration.
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Last month, former Democratic Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot pleaded with Abbott to stop sending buses as the city lacks the resources to deal with the influx of immigrants. “We simply have no more shelters, spaces, or resources to accommodate an increase of individuals at this level, with little coordination or care, that does not pose a risk to them or others,” she wrote.
The Department of Homeland Security said that encounters on the southern border decreased 56% in the days following Title 42’s end, but noted that it is “too early to draw any definitive conclusions.”
