纽约市长埃里克·亚当斯周日呼吁与联邦政府和政府加强“协调”。格雷格·艾伯特，R-德克萨斯州，罗恩·德桑蒂斯，R-佛罗里达州，谁在接送新来的移民到蓝州全国各地。
“我上周去了华盛顿，与参议员舒默、参议员吉利布兰德和其他议员进行了交谈，并与拜登政府坐下来讨论——我们如何协调?”民主党人亚当斯告诉美国广播公司“本周”联合主播乔纳森·卡尔，他指的是纽约的两名民主党参议员。
“他们的目标是确保我们获得所需的资源和协作。……这些移民和寻求庇护者不会来到任何特定的城市。他们要来美国了。这是我们需要面对的美国危机，”亚当斯说。
他发表上述言论之际，阿博特已将约11，000名移民从德克萨斯州送往芝加哥、纽约和华盛顿，以抗议民主党的南部边境政策。他最近用大巴将几十名移民送到副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的住所，而德桑蒂斯也采取了类似的策略，上周用飞机将移民送到马萨诸塞州的玛莎葡萄园岛。许多批评家指责这是一种噱头。
亚当斯所在的城市已经接受了从得克萨斯州乘大巴过来的移民，他周日表示，纽约有“道德和法律义务”为进入美国后来到这里的人提供庇护和援助，但他指责阿博特拒绝合作运送移民，尽管阿博特的办公室最初同意相反的意见。
“我们已经伸出援手，并声明，‘让我们协调合作，共同应对这场危机。他们拒绝这样做，”亚当斯说，并补充说，“我不认为这是他们协调的政治权宜之计。基本上，更多的是表演技巧。"
得克萨斯州埃尔帕索市市长奥斯卡·利泽(Oscar Leeser)负责监管一个边境城市，他周日也出现在“本周”节目中，并对越过南部边境的移民数量表示担忧。但是他说，重要的是人道地对待进入这个国家的人，并把这项工作看作是一项共同的努力。
“人们不会来埃尔帕索。他们要来美国，”李泽说。
在卡尔的敦促下，亚当斯市长坚称纽约将继续是一个“庇护城市”，抵达的移民将受到照顾。(卡尔指出，阿博特和德桑蒂斯都拒绝出现在《本周》节目中，拒绝讨论移民问题。)
亚当斯说:“这座城市一直是庇护之城，我们一直在设法接纳那些想来纽约追寻美国梦的人。”。但是，他说，“我们不是要求全国人民把人送到纽约，仅仅因为他们不想承担起帮助那些寻求美国梦的人的责任。这不是我们所要求的。”
“让我们以这种方式协调，就像我们在纽约市的其他大型社区那样，在那里我们能够协调，找到赞助商，与我们的非政府组织合作。这就是危机所要求的，”亚当斯说。“这需要协调。”
当卡尔问及他是否计划接受阿博特的邀请访问边境时，亚当斯拒绝直接回答，并转而批评阿博特通过遣返移民的“政治策略”。
市长Leeser告诉Karl，来到埃尔帕索的移民人数继续增加，上周该市一天就有大约2000名移民。但他强调，在经过政府官员的处理后，他们将被运送到最终目的地，并受到仁慈的对待。
“这真的很重要，我们不会把任何人送到他们不想去的地方，我们确保帮助他们，”李泽说。“我们带着食物把他们送上公共汽车，确保他们到达目的地，并确保我们继续像对待人类一样对待人们。”
当卡尔问及他是否知道拜登政府计划如何处理正在进行的移民时-正如阿博特等共和党领导人强调的那样，他们认为白宫没有计划-里瑟提到了他自己与边境巡逻队的密切关系。但是他说这个问题影响的不仅仅是他的城市。
就他们而言，阿博特和德桑蒂斯认为，民主党领导的远离南部边境的州和城市在高边境过境点方面做得不够，德桑蒂斯警告说，飞往玛莎葡萄园岛的航班“只是开始的努力”。
NY Mayor Eric Adams calls for 'coordination' with GOP governors, WH on bused migrants
New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Sunday called for more "coordination" with the federal government and Govs. Greg Abbott, R-Texas, and Ron DeSantis, R-Fla.,who are busing and flying newly arrived migrants to blue statesacross the country.
"I traveled to Washington last week, spoke with Sen. [Chuck] Schumer, Sen. [Kirsten] Gillibrand and other lawmakers and sat down with Biden administration to talk about -- how do we coordinate?" Adams, a Democrat, told ABC "This Week" co-anchor Jonathan Karl, referencing New York's two Democratic senators.
"Their goal is to make sure that we get resources and coordination that's needed. … These migrants and asylum-seekers are not coming to any particular city. They're coming to America. This is an American crisis that we need to face," Adams said.
His comments come as Abbott has sent some 11,000 migrants from Texas to Chicago, New York and Washington in protest, Abbott has said, of Democrats' southern border policies. He most recently bused dozens of migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris' residence -- and DeSantis, embracing a similar strategy, last week flew migrants to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts,which numerous critics denounced as a stunt.
Adams, whose city has accepted migrants bused up from Texas, on Sunday said New York had a "moral and legal obligation" to provide shelter and aid people who come there after entering the U.S.But he accused Abbott of declining to collaborate on efforts to transport the migrants, despite Abbott's office initially agreeing otherwise.
“We've reached out and stated that, 'Let's coordinate and work together so we can deal with this crisis together. They refused to do so," Adams said, adding, "I don't think it was politically expedient for them to coordinate. It was more to do this, basically, showmanship."
El Paso, Texas, Mayor Oscar Leeser who oversees a border city, also appeared on "This Week" on Sunday and expressed concern about the number of migrants coming across the southern border. But he said it was important to treat people entering the country humanely -- and to think of the work as a joint effort.
"The people are not coming to El Paso. They're coming to America," Leeser said.
When pressed by Karl, Mayor Adams insisted New York would remain a "sanctuary city" and that migrants who arrive will be cared for. (Karl noted that both Abbott and DeSantis declined to appear on "This Week" and discuss immigration.)
"This city has always been the sanctuary city, and we've always managed those who wanted to come to New York City to pursue the American dream," Adams said. But, he said, "We're not asking for people all over the country to send people to New York merely because they don't want to take on their responsibility to help those who are seeking this American dream. That is not what we're asking for."
"Let's coordinate in that fashion like we've done with other large communities we have in New York City, where we're able to coordinate, get sponsors, work with our nongovernmental organizations. That is what crisis calls for," Adams said. "It calls for coordination."
Asked by Karl if he planned to accept Abbott's invitation to visit the border, Adams declined to answer directly and pivoted to criticizing Abbott's "political ploy" by sending migrants away.
Mayor Leeser told Karl that the number of migrants coming to El Paso continues to increase, with the city seeing roughly 2,000 migrants in a single day last week. But he emphasized that they would be treated compassionately as they are transported to their final destinations after being processed by government officials.
"That's been really important, that we don't send anyone where they don't want to go, we make sure we help them," Leeser said. "We put them on the buses with food and make sure they get to their destination and make sure that we always continue to treat people like human beings."
Asked by Karl if he was aware of how the Biden administration planned to handle the ongoing migration -- as Republican leaders like Abbott stress they feel the White House has no plan -- Leeser cited his own strong relationship with Border Patrol. But he said the issue affected more than his city.
For their parts, Abbott and DeSantis have argued Democratic-led states and cities away from the southern border aren't doing enough amid the high border crossings, with DeSantis warning that the flights to Martha's Vineyard are "just the beginning efforts."
