Texas Gov. Abbott says NYC Mayor Adams 'flat out lying' about migrant busing

Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott accused New York City Democratic Mayor Eric Adams of "flat out lying" about the state's busing of migrants to the Big Apple.

Adams "knows these migrants willingly chose to go to New York City, since his staff saw firsthand on their secret trip to Texas as migrants raised their hands to go on buses to his sanctuary city," Abbott press secretary Renae Eze told Fox News. "And they were processed and released by the federal government, who dumped them in small Texas border towns."

"Instead of spreading falsehoods and complaining about a couple thousand migrants being bussed into his sanctuary city, Mayor Adams should call on President Biden to take immediate action to secure the border—something the President continues failing to do," the statement continued.

The Texas governor and New York City mayor have previously traded barbs over the Republican's efforts to send migrants to Democratic strongholds to highlight the Biden administration's lax enforcement of immigration law at the southern border.

Adams, on Sunday, suggested the city was considering legal action against Texas, repeating the debunked line that state agents lied to the migrants about their intended destination.

"We believe there are some options we have, because when you involuntarily place someone on a bus, we believe that actually skates the law… We're not leaving any stones unturned to make sure that New Yorkers are [not] being treated in an unfair way," Adams said, per Fox.

Adams is not the only Democrat to push this claim. After Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a flight of migrants to upper crust liberal enclave Martha's Vineyard, California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom asked the DOJ to explore kidnapping charges against the Florida governor. He cited claims that recruiters for the trip enticed participants with false claims about expedited work authorization and said the intended destination was Boston.

Abbott, for his part, has previously refuted claims of forced transit or misrepresented destinations. Eze previously told Just the News that "[t]he migrants on Texas' buses willingly chose to go to Washington, D.C., New York City, or Chicago, having signed a voluntary consent waiver available in multiple languages upon boarding that they agreed on the destination."