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Some are still in the care of new york city officials here. the concern is that those numbers will continue to grow. we heard your conversation with congressman castro just a few moments ago. this weekend actually marks one year since the first bus that was paid for by the texas governors administration, that we actually saw it arrive here. we should, however, mention that to date weve only received about 10,500 asylum seekers through that busing program. so its still a small percentage. so thou...

Resources and support instead of just putting them on a bus to d.c., which is expensive. it is days of travel with lodging and food expenses. we want to get them where they need to go. that is providing relief to these communities that need it. but also a more humane response of these folks. >> point to some the federal policies we have been say it is a magnet. what about arizonans who think dont use our tax dollars to invite people here and tell them are going to give them a paid trip to where ...

Immigration policy should be and what are we going to do? >> when it comes to at least state resources and action, lauren, the gop playbook has largely been from governor abbott in texas and florida governor ron desantis busing and flying them to other places in the u.s. what kind of impact has that had? what kind of message has that sent? has it been a deterrent or incentive for migrants to cross? >> well, el paso had a busing program for about three months, again, when that surge of venezuelan...

Medical care as well as relocation services and casework assistance. this comes, bill, more and more buses arrive in new york city by the day. you see in the squad box, video of monday through thursday of this week more migrants arriving and officials from the mayors office explain how single adults are treated differently than families. >> for families, they get individual rooms. they get support and hotel space that is dedicated for families. individuals get other treatment, other spaces and g...

Busing program. >> most of america has not really understood the magnitude of the problem we have on the border until we started sending these buses up to new york. >> for any politician that uses this issue in the ways these two gentleman have, it is the worst kind of cynicism that we have in politics today. >> reporter: a former state democratic representative from the texas border town of eagle pass. his home overlooks the rio grande into mexico. he says if theres a political price to pay for...

These communities. there are venezuelans who are hard core trump supporters, and basically these are folks that believe that there should be a hard line on everything. >> reporter: for several months texas governor greg abbott has put 11,000 migrants on some 250 buses with some going to cities of democratic leaders like washington, d.c., chicago, and new york. texas division of emergency management figures show it has cost the state more than $12 million. abbott has repeatedly appeared on fox ne...

Cost the state more than $12 million. abbott has repeatedly appeared on fox news to showcase the busing program. >> most of america has not really understood the magnitude of the problem that we have on the border until we started sending these buses up to new york. >> for any politician that uses this issue in the way these two gentlemen have, it is the worst kind of cynicism is that we have in politics today. >> reporter: and this former democratic state representative from the texas border to...

>> i got 12 million for us to use, so we are going to use it, and youre going to see more and more, but im going to make sure that we exhaust all those funds. >> reporter: florida is home to the largest populations of cuban and venezuelan immigrants fleeing socialist dictatorships, but there are deep political divisions in these communities. >> there are, you know, venezuelans who are hardcore trump supporters. theyre called the magazelans and these are folks that believe there should be a hard ...

In 2015. wanting to represent the people, wanting to stop the massive corruption of the country and determined to finally in this world put america first. sean: house intel committee member mike gallagher is here with the analysis on the fbi raid and the latest on the federal investigation into hunter bidens business dealings. then, texas governor greg abbotts busing program adds a third destination for migrants who cross the southern border illegally, drawing a sharp rebuke from one of those ma...

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