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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
James Barragán

Gov. Greg Abbott expands Texas’ migrant busing plan to Philadelphia

Migrants transported from the U.S. border arrive on a bus from Texas and are taken by city officials to wait for relocation, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on November 16, 2022.
Migrants transported from Texas get off their bus in Philadelphia on Nov. 16. (Credit: REUTERS/Bastiaan Slabbers)

Gov. Greg Abbott said Tuesday that Philadelphia has been added to the list of Democrat-led cities where Texas will bus migrants, with the first bus set to arrive in the Northeastern city on Wednesday morning.

For months, Texas has sent buses of migrants to Washington, D.C., New York and Chicago in an effort to pressure Democratic President Joe Biden to stiffen his immigration policies, which Republicans say have led to record-high numbers of border crossings.

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