President Joe Biden has been forced to abandon a plan to save Democrat-run cities in states like New York and Illinois from the consequences of their “sanctuary” policies by requiring migrants to ‘Remain in Texas’ after crossing the border.
Conservative leaders in southern border states, who never supported Democrats’ permissive mass migration policies, have lately begun taking the leaders of more northerly “sanctuary cities” at their word, with Texas alone busing over 50,000 migrants to leftist jurisdictions.
Pro-sanctuary politicians have proven less blasé about the border crisis now it is on their doorstep, and have been pleading with Biden and the federal government to rescue them from the consequences of their policies, resulting in a plan being drawn up to require many migrants to ‘Remain in Texas’ near El Paso while their asylum claims are processed.
Government documents obtained by CBS show officials in El Paso, which is led by the Democratic Party, initially agreeing to facilitate the policy, drawing up plans to buy at least 400 hotel rooms to host migrants – but they changed their minds when news of the scheme went public, infuriating locals already feeling overwhelmed by the ongoing influx.
The U-turn means Biden will have to come up with some other way to placate people in Democrat states unhappy with the chaos the migrant crisis is causing, no longer only in border communities but in their own backyards. Biden is already taking personal heat over the issue, with 64 percent of New Yorkers disapproving of the way the 80-year-old is managing the border.
