New York City opened a tent camp on Wednesday, designed to house up to 500 adult men on a temporary basis.
Texas governor Greg Abbott has sent close to 3,500 asylum-seekers on chartered buses to New York in recent months.New York City is making adjustments to deal with an influx in migrants bused to New York from Texas and Arizona.
On Wednesday, the city opened a tent camp, designed to house up to 500 adult men on a temporary basis. The camp is expected to help New York's shelter system, which has been overwhelmed by asylum seekers. Texas governor Greg Abbott has sent close to 3,500 asylum-seekers on chartered buses to New York in recent months.Officials in El Paso say something had to be done.
"When the migrants from Venezuela came into El Paso, and they were there, El Paso was bacially overwhelmed. They were truly overwhelmed," said former El Paso U.S. Marshal Robert Almonte.It's through that some asylum-seekers arriving in the city chose to look elsewhere for shelter.Trending
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