Texas Gov. Greg Abbott expands migrant busing effort to Philadelphia
CBSN
Texas' Republican-controlled state government on Tuesday expanded its highly-publicized effort to transport migrants released from federal border custody to Democratic-led cities, announcing it was sending a bus with migrants to Philadelphia.
The announcement marks the latest escalation of a campaign by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, to repudiate the Biden administration and its Democratic allies for the federal government's handling of an unprecedented migration wave along the U.S.-Mexico border over the past two years.
Before Tuesday's announcement, Texas officials had already bused more than 13,000 migrants to Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago, three Democratic-led cities with "sanctuary" policies that limit local law enforcement cooperation with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation agents, according to state statistics.
