The mayor of El Paso stressed on Sunday the measures his city is taking to ensure migrants are sent to places they need to go and that best fit their needs.
A Democratic mayor from Texas has spoken out in support of busing migrants out of the state, a tactic that has drawn widespread condemnation from the left in recent weeks.
The tactic gained a new spotlight last week when a program approved by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and funded with taxpayer money flew 50 asylum-seeking migrants from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts. Officials in the island’s local government were reportedly not told about the move in advance and the migrants themselves have said that they were coerced onto the flight with false information that jobs and housing were awaiting them. The tactic has been widely criticized as an attempt to use migrants as props to help the GOP win political points against Democrats in the upcoming midterms.
Leeser said Sunday how his city’s plan to transport migrants to other cities differs from the program that is currently being enacted by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, saying that El Paso has been working to find out where each migrant is looking to go and arranging transportation there on buses with sufficient amenities, like food.
