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Key FactsAbbott announces Texas migrant buses to Denver
May 19, 2023 · Reading time: ~45 sec.
Summary created with AI assistance · Source: texastribune.org
  • The program began in April 2022 with Washington, D.C.; New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia were later added.

  • Denver stopped sheltering migrants not processed by immigration authorities earlier this month and reactivated its Emergency Operations Center a week ago.

  • Abbott’s office said the first group arrived Thursday afternoon near Civic Center Park in Denver.

  • Democratic lawmakers and immigrant-rights advocates criticized the initiative, alleging Abbott was using vulnerable people as political pawns.
  • “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.— Gov. Greg Abbott, in a statement about Texas' migrant-busing program to Denver