Gov. Greg Abbott announced Thursday that Texas is now busing migrants to Denver, the fifth city Abbott has targeted since launching the busing program more than a year ago. The state has sent more than 19,000 migrants to the cities, all run by Democrats.
, The Texas Tribune’s daily newsletter that keeps readers up to speed on the most essential Texas news.announced Thursday that Texas is now busing migrants to Denver, the fifth city Abbott has targeted since launching the busing program more than a year ago as a way to force national attention on Texas’ immigration problems.The initiative has sparked an outcry from Democratic lawmakers and immigrant rights advocates, who say Abbott is using vulnerable people as political pawns.
Abbott’s office said the first group of migrants sent to Denver arrived Thursday afternoon near Civic Center Park, which is in downtown Denver near the Colorado Capitol. "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,” Abbott said in a statement.
Texas’ busing activity has picked up with the end of Title 42, the public health rule that was used to quickly expel migrants at the border. AbbottDenver has already been struggling to deal with a large increase in migrants. A week ago, Mayor Michael Hancock
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