20,000 asylum seekers are putting New York values to the test
And more are on the way
For months Greg Abbott, Texas’s Republican governor, and El Paso’s Democratic mayor, have been shipping asylum seekers by bus to New York, a political scheme to share the burden of migrants with so-called sanctuary cities, which often refuse to work with federal immigration police. About 20,000 asylum seekers have arrived so far. Nearly 2,000 arrived by bus last weekend alone.
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United States October 15th 2022
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- The Supreme Court ponders animal welfare
- Why Republicans are gaining ground in midterm polls
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- California’s inflation-relief payouts are a bad idea
- Leaked audio from LA’s city council holds a warning for Democrats
- Of course the Supreme Court has been politicised
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