(NEW YORK)-- Thousands of migrants seeking asylum who endured a 2,000-mile journey over several days, with little to no belongings or family, aboard buses sent from Texas now find themselves facing challenges establishing their new lives in New York City.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, since early May, has been sending busloads of migrants out of Texas to cities with Democrat leaders, including New York City and Washington, D.C. The Republican governor says he started the busing programs in response to the Biden administration's immigration policies which he claims inadequately secure the border, forcing states like his to bear the brunt of migrant waves.
"I'm still a boy who's very young. I hope to have better opportunities here," Amaro said."If I can keep on studying. All of that." Nonprofit organizations continue to step in and distribute resources to welcome migrants arriving with their few belongings. Like Amaro, Alvarez made the journey through Venezuela to Texas' border on her own. With Phillips' support, Alvarez is set to board another bus headed for upstate New York, where she will stay with a host family that she has yet to meet.
Adams said this"crisis calls for coordination" between the two administrations, but they have still been unable to collaborate on the issue.
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