After New York Mayor Adams issued an executive order last week restricting the arrival of migrant buses to curb a surge in migrants at the border, bus operators have found a loophole in sending migrants to a train station in New Jersey so they can continue on their way to New York City.
In accordance with an executive order announced last week, Adams requires bus operators who know they are transporting migrants on "third-party" paid fares to notify the city** at least 32 hours before the migrants are expected to arrive. After that, the state of New Jersey** said bus drivers had found a way around the new restrictions to transport migrants to the Secaucus Junction train station, which is about a 15-minute drive from New York City.
Taylor Jones, a spokesman for NSW Premier Murphy's office, said bus operators were also dropping off migrants at train stations across the state.
We've tracked several recent buses for immigrant families arriving at various transportation train stations in New Jersey. Jones said in a statement, "New Jersey is primarily used as a transit point for these families, who all or nearly all of them continue on to their final destination – New York City." ”
We are coordinating closely with federal and local partners on this matter, including our colleagues along the Hudson River. He added.
Last year, there was an influx of immigrants into New York City. The mayor's office said the city has received more than 160,000 asylum seekers to date. Adams repeatedly called on the federal ** to assist the city, saying the influx was too great for the city to handle.
Over the past year, as the United States faces a migration crisis, Republican-led states have been sending migrants to Democratic-led cities. Adams' executive order issued last week aims to restrict buses from arriving in the city from states such as Texas and Florida.
Secaucus Mayor Michael Gonnelli said Adams' restrictions may have been too restrictive.
It is clear that the bus operators are looking for a way to thwart the requirements of the executive order, send the migrants to the Secaucus train station, and then let them continue to their final destination. "Perhaps Mayor Adams was too strict with the requirements that led to unintended consequences, as the bus operator appears to have found a hole in the system to ensure that migrants reach their final destination, which is New York City." ”
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