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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 governor's administration, that we actually saw it arrive here. we should, however, mention that to date we've only received about 10,500 asylum seekers through that busing program. so it's still a small percentage. so though it certainly hasn't been the cause of the wider migrant crisis, it hasn't assisted officials a...

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 don't use our tax dollars to invite people here and tell them are going to give them a paid trip to where they actually want to go within the state. isn't that an attractive poll on nursing record numbers ...

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 venezuelans reached the border. they were a different group of migrants in that they did not have in large mea...

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 mayor's 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 generally congregate spaces. >> bill, we have video of four more migrant buses arriving in new york ...

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 there's a political price to pay for these political stunts, abbott and desantis haven't experienced it yet. there are a lot of people ...