A Democratic mayor in Texas said she supported the Republican governor’s decision to bus illegal migrants to liberal sanctuary cities – and insisted the displaced had never lied about their final destination.
Yolanda Ramon, acting mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, said migrants she’s met who have entered the United States are often just looking to get away from the border and would appreciate help getting there. to return.
She said FoxNews she agrees with the decisions of Texas Governor Greg Abbott and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to move migrants to so-called sanctuary cities, including New York and Chicago, as well as Martha’s Vineyard.
She also said they were often unaware of how far other towns were once they arrived in the country, which is why they were often willing to accept offers of free transport to towns in the north.
“I can tell you one thing, we don’t lie to them. You meet them at the gas station, they’ll tell you that I just want to go somewhere. I just want to go further north,” Ramon said.
Yolanda Ramon, mayor of Eagle Pass, Texas, says illegal immigrants are grateful for the rides to sanctuary cities Republican politicians are providing them
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ferried about 10,000 migrants to Democratic sanctuary cities, and New York recently welcomed 15,500 migrants to the city.
A group of nearly 50 migrants from Venezuela who were airlifted to the island of Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
“They don’t even know where they are sometimes,” she continued. “They will ask how far is San Antonio? How far is Houston? How far is New York?
She told Fox News that illegal immigration is the “most pressing problem” in the town of Eagle Pass, which sits directly on the US-Mexico border.
Ramon’s remarks contrast sharply with those of many of his fellow Democrats, who have accused Abbott and DeSantis of human trafficking and extreme cruelty.
GOP lawmakers say they want to give liberal cities that support unchecked immigration a taste of life along the southern border, where hundreds of thousands of people are caught crossing each month.
Ramon’s comments come as the US-Mexico border comes under increased pressure from an influx of immigrants, and many Republican politicians have taken to transporting or airlifting illegal immigrants to cities. Democratic sanctuaries.
Ramon called the situation “comical”, adding that there is no doubt that illegal immigrants “know where they are going” when offered a trip to these cities.
“Of course they know where they’re going, otherwise they wouldn’t go,” Ramon said.
She said immigrants are probably thinking, “You know what, if I don’t have to walk 200 miles to San Antonio, and I can take a bus and that bus will get me closer to where I want Come on, let me get on this bus.
Democratic leaders struggled to cope with immigrants appearing in their cities; New York Mayor Eric Adams was recently forced to use a cruise ship as an immigrant processing center.
Texas has ferried more than 10,000 migrants to Blue Cities, and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Arizona Governor Doug Ducey have followed suit.
In a particularly brazen act, DeSantis ferried about 50 Venezuelan migrants to the Democratic vacation shelter of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Around 15,500 migrants have made it to New York according to city hall estimates, with Adams predicting a surge of 75,000 that would put the shelter system at “breaking point”.
In the last 11 months, border agents in the United States have stopped more than two million illegal immigrants at the southern border
“Of course they know where they are going, otherwise they wouldn’t go,” Ramon said of the migrants who are transported by bus or plane to other cities.
In the past 11 months, border officials in the United States have stopped more than 2 million illegal immigrants at the southern border, according to Customs and border protection (CBP).
CBP encountered 203,597 migrants at the southern border in August alone, a slight increase from crossings in July.
Since October 2021, CBP has recorded the encounter of 2,150,639 migrants who crossed the border from Mexico — and since Biden’s term began, there have been encounters with more than 3.5 million.
Republicans have chastised the Biden administration for ignoring the current crisis, especially as the death toll along the border has hit record numbers.
In September, preliminary figures show that 30 migrants died along the border, adding to the total death toll of 782 in 2022.
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