NYC officials claimed that many people wanted to get off the bus in different states, but were afraid to do so thinking they were being tracked.
New York City officials have expressed concerns that some of the migrants who have arrived were wearing bracelets with barcodes on them.
"Governor Abbott is now bar-coding asylum seekers," said Manuel Castro, Commissioner of the Mayor's Office of Immigrant Affairs. "Yesterday we witnessed how they were scanning and removing barcodes from asylum seekers as they were arriving. He is treating people as less than human, he is treating them as cattle, we have been condemning this type of behavior, he is attempting to dehumanize people.
"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," Abbott wrote. Meanwhile, New York City Comptroller Brad Lander said that with more and more migrants arriving, the city's resources were being stretched thin.
Castro confirmed Thursday that the city already has a location arranged for a welcome center where asylum seekers will be able to go and get the services they need and that the center will open next week.
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