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Mayor Eric Adams says 17,000 asylum seekers have been bused into New York City since April, straining resources.

New York City’s mayor has declared a state of emergency over the thousands of migrants being sent from southern border states

The city expects to spend $1 billion to help the asylum seekers by the end of the fiscal year, Adams said.

The Democrat-led border city of El Paso, Texas, has sent more migrants on buses to New York City and Chicago than a campaign by Texas' Republican governor, a twist in an ongoing partisan battle over U.S. border security.

An emergency shelter will house hundreds of people seeking asylum, including people bused north by Greg Abbott. One site flooded, the contractor built Trump’s border wall, and rights groups warn the plan runs afoul of a right-to-shelter mandate while city shelters are overwhelmed, Alex Woodward reports

Abbott previously said Eric Adams’ office had not reached out to him about coordinating migrant arrivals in New York City and faced criticism that he was rebuffing efforts from the mayor to communicate.

A facility to temporarily house migrants being sent to New York City will now be located closer to Manhattan instead of a remote corner of the Bronx

O’Rourke and Abbott accused each other of bending the truth during the only planned gubernatorial debate on Friday. Many of their claims needed context and clarification.

WASHINGTON — Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and challenger Beto O’Rourke clashed over a range of topics Friday night in their sole debate, not always with the facts on their side.