[LAUREN TAYLOR]

MOST ELECTED LEADERS IN NEW JERSEY WANT NOTHING TO DO WITH THE ONGOING MIGRANT CRISIS DISPUTE – BETWEEN NEW YORK CITY’S DEMOCRATIC MAYOR ERIC ADAMS AND TEXAS’ REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT.

[PHIL MURPHY]

“The last thing we need is governors like Greg Abbott doing political stunts. Uh, this is not a time for stunts. This is a time to figure out a solution that is broad and comprehensive.”

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

IN THE LAST WEEK – GOV. ABBOTT HAS BUSED MORE THAN A THOUSAND MIGRANTS TO CITIES IN NEW JERSEY.

THIS – AFTER MAYOR ADAMS SIGNED AN EXECUTIVE ORDER LAST WEEK – REQUIRING CHARTERED BUSES FROM TEXAS TO GIVE 32-HOUR ADVANCE NOTICE WHEN DROPPING OFF MIGRANTS – AND LIMITS THE TIME THOSE BUSES CAN ARRIVE IN THE PORT AUTHORITY.

GOVERNOR ABBOTT CIRCUMVENTING THAT EXECUTIVE ORDER – directing THOSE BUSES TO DROP OFF MIGRANTS IN THE GARDEN STATE IN MUNICIPALITIES LIKE SECAUCUS, TRENTON AND EDISON SO THEY CAN TAKE PUBLIC TRANSIT TO GOTHAM..

TO ENSURE MIGRANTS DON’T STAY IN THE GARDEN STATE, NEW JERSEY LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS HAVE BEEN TOLD TO  MAKE SURE MIGRANTS BOARD TRAINS FOR NEW YORK CITY – ACCORDING TO PHOTOS OBTAINED BY THE NEW YORK POST.

LEADERS OF THESE JERSEY  CITIES SAY THEY DON’T HAVE THE RESOURCES TO CARE FOR THE MIGRANTS.

[SAM JOSHI]

“This is not a local issue. i can’t be any more clear that as a mayor, you know, Edison does not have the ability or means or financial means to support migrants. And i can’t be any more clear that i am the son of immigrants. Edison is 45% of an immigrant community. we’re very proud of it. The majority of my friends, many of the people that i work with, so many individuals are immigrants, but yet, Edison residents overwhelmingly stand by the position that i’ve taken because we don’t have the means to address them.”

[REED GUSCIORA]

“We don’t have the capacity to house them or to feed them or take care of their medical needs as much as we would like to.”

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

HOWEVER, JERSEY CITY MAYOR — STEVE FULOP — SAYS HIS CITY WON’T TURN ITS BACK ON MIGRANTS AND THAT “AT THE END OF THE DAY THEY’RE DESPERATE PEOPLE WHO NEED HELP AND WE WANT TO DO THE RIGHT THING AND BE HELPFUL.”

ACROSS THE HUDSON, NEW YORK CITY MAYOR ERIC ADAMS IS NOW SUING 17 CHARTER BUS COMPANIES FOR $708 MILLION.

[ERIC ADAMS]

“THESE COMPANIES HAVE VIOLATED STATE LAW BY NOT PAYING THE COST OF CARING FOR THESE MIGRANTS, AND THAT’S WHY WE ARE SUING TO RECOUP APPROXIMATELY $700 MILLION ALREADY SPENT TO CARE FOR MIGRANTS SENT HERE IN THE LAST TWO YEARS BY TEXAS. GOVERNOR ABBOTT’S CONTINUED USE OF MIGRANTS AS POLITICAL PAWNS IS NOT ONLY CHAOTIC AND INHUMANE BUT MAKES CLEAR HE PUTS POLITICS OVER PEOPLE.”

[LAUREN TAYLOR]

GOVERNOR ABBOTT BOASTED ON SOCIAL MEDIA THAT UNDER HIS OPERATION LONE STAR. HE’S BUSED OR FLOWN MORE THAN 33,000 MIGRANTS TO NEW YORK CITY – AND MORE THAN 62,000 TO OTHER SO-CALLED “SANCTUARY CITIES.”

MEANWHILE – U.S. CUSTOMS AND BORDER PROTECTION REPORTS 302,000 MIGRANTS CROSSED THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER IN DECEMBER ALONE – THE HIGHEST NUMBER EVER RECORDED FOR A SINGLE MONTH.