Democrats are blasting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for helping migrants travel to — and overwhelm — cities like New York. But they leave Abbott no choice.
Team Biden, after all, won’t lift a finger to stem the tsunami of migrants submerging his state.
Instead, it’s doing everything it can to make it impossible for Abbott to deal with the newcomers.
The Biden administration has sued Abbott for putting up razor wire to prevent migrants from illegally crossing into Texas. And it also plans to oppose a new Texas law that will allow local law enforcement to deport those who have broken the law.
You won’t let him keep them out. You won’t let him remove them when they’re here.
So why is it then Texas’ responsibility alone to deal with the cost of this onslaught? The buses north are the only way to relieve the pressure on El Paso, Brownsville, Laredo and other cities.
And Dems like Mayor Adams and Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson, who join in the Abbott-bashing but won’t demand President Biden regain control of the border, only make matters worse.
For Abbott — and themselves.
Texas’ leader won’t “cooperate with other governors” and address the “challenge” facing the nation, huffed Homeland Security boss Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday.
Abbott “wants to disrupt,” Adams railed Tuesday. “This is a diabolical plan by this governor.”
“What we can’t have is a governor in the state of Texas acting the way he is acting,” fumes Johnson.
Sorry, but it’s Mayorkas and Biden who created — intentionally — the very “challenge” they now lament.
They could end the crisis overnight if they want, but their goal is to take in as many migrants as possible (with someone else paying for accommodations).
The greater “coordination” they seek won’t reduce the number of migrants flooding in and needing accommodation.
It won’t create more beds or produce more funds for them.
Fact is, only one thing can ease the crisis mayors and governors face: stopping the surge.
Yet Dems don’t want that — or at least won’t publicly demand it from Biden.
Mayorkas, who now faces impeachment proceedings in the House for mishandling of the border, is covering for Biden when he shifts blame to Abbott. No one is buying it.
This story originally appeared on NYPost
