Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this past weekend doubled down on his promise to send migrants to Democrat-led cities and states, busing another roughly 50 migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’s Naval Observatory residence in Washington.

What You Need To Know

  • Another 50 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, were dropped off outside the Washington residence of Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said two busloads of migrants were dropped off there earlier in the week

  • “Biden & ‘Border Czar’ Harris refuse to acknowledge the consequences of their open border policies. Texas is bringing the border to their backyard to relieve our overwhelmed communities," Abbott wrote in a tweet Saturday

  • Abbott has been busing migrants out of Texas to cities with Democratic mayors as part of a political strategy this year because he says there are too many arrivals over the border to his state

  • New York Mayor Eric Adams told New York CBS affiliate WCBS he may be mulling a legal solution to Texas’ busing program

The migrants, mostly from Venezuela, according to reports, arrived on Saturday morning following a long bus ride from Texas.

This followed a drop-off on Thursday. Abbott said two busloads of migrants were dropped off outside Harris’s residence.

“Biden & ‘Border Czar’ Harris refuse to acknowledge the consequences of their open border policies. Texas is bringing the border to their backyard to relieve our overwhelmed communities. It’s past time to fix this crisis they created,” Abbott tweeted Saturday.

Abbott has been busing migrants out of Texas to cities with Democratic mayors as part of a political strategy this year because he says there are too many arrivals over the border to his state. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey also has adopted this policy, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also got in on the act recently. It was first dreamed up by former President Donald Trump.

Illinois Gov. declared an emergency disaster on Sept. 14 to extend help for the dropped-off migrants. Seventy-five members of the Illinois National Guard will ensure state resources are available to them.

The Illinois Emergency Management Agency (IEMA) and other state agencies, in correspondence with the City of Chicago, Cook County and other local governments, will make sure they all get what they need — transportation, emergency shelter and housing, food, health screenings, medical assessments, treatments, etc.

Meanwhile, New York Mayor Eric Adams told New York CBS affiliate WCBS he is mulling a legal solution to Texas’ busing program.

“Our legal team is looking at legal challenges we could do with Texas,” Adams said.  “We believe there are some options we have, because when you involuntarily place someone on a bus, we believe that actually skates the law.”

The Associated Press contributed to this report.