When referring to Republicans, Democrats talk about how no one is above law, yet President Joe Biden has acted unlawfully in letting illegal aliens in. He improperly set aside Trump guidelines that blocked the unlawful border crossings by migrants. Governor Greg Abbott is doing something about it by busing willing migrants to liberal enclaves like New York City to make a statement.
As Governor Abbott pointed out, New York City’s Mayor Adams “talked the talk about being a sanctuary city, welcoming illegal immigrants into the Big Apple with warm hospitality. Talk is cheap. When pressed into fulfilling such ill-considered policies, he wants to condemn anyone who is pressing him to walk the walk.” Governor Abbott continued, “I hope he follows through on his promise of welcoming all migrants with open arms so that our overrun and overwhelmed border towns can find relief.”
Governor Abbott is doing an excellent job of pointing out the hypocrisy of bastions of leftist thought. New York City is flush with wealthy companies, many of the world’s richest people, and pompous politicians who promote its status as a sanctuary city. Yet it is reportedly straining under the influx of merely a tiny percentage of the illegals whom Biden is allowing to flood Texas, Arizona, and elsewhere.
Javier Villalobos, the Republican mayor of McAllen, Texas, observes about managing the illegals: “If we can do that, they can too. I know they can do it,” referring to New York City as it receives a relatively small handful of the overall total.
Even the more liberal segments of Texas are hopping aboard the Abbott bus. El Paso, a border city in Texas that prided itself as an Ellis Island of the southwest, is fully on board with Abbott now also. As we marvel at the political adeptness of Governor Abbott at exposing the hypocrisy of left-leaning cities, let’s not forget where this whole crisis is coming from in the first place. Neither the people of Texas nor the people of New York should be facing a crisis of illegal immigration. Biden halted work on President Trump’s border wall, and repealed Trump’s good “Remain in Mexico” policy. Biden deserves all the blame for this crisis.
