Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered over a dozen buses of migrants to the Big Apple, Chicago, and Washington DC in an attempt to show them the nature of the crisis at the border.

So far, Texas has forked out nearly $13million to Wynne Transportation - the charter service that is taking migrants to the various cities. Around 44 migrants got off Sunday's bus, which was ordered to New York by El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser. 

Each of the arriving migrants at the city's Port Authority were greeted with a handshake from a local leader, a blanket and were then escorted to a local hotel.

Manuel Castro, the Director of Adams' Office of Immigrant Affairs, said: 'As in previous days, our priority is to make sure that the asylum seekers are well. We have food water medical services inside the port authority.' 

 The migrants are part of a continuing trend of southern governors sending them to traditionally liberal cities

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• A bus carrying migrants arrived in New York City on Sunday from El Paso, Texas

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• Each of the arriving migrants at New York City's Port Authority were provided with a handshake, a blanket and then escorted to a local hotel

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• Around 44 migrants got off Sunday's bus, which was ordered to the country's biggest city by El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott ordered over a dozen buses of migrants to both the Big Apple and Washington as an attempt to show them the nature of the crisis at the border