El Paso Mayor Defends Busing Illegal Aliens to New York

U.S. Border Patrol agent Carlos Rivera is reflected in the window of a vehicle as he speaks to another agent along the border wall in downtown El Paso, Texas, on June 3, 2022. Paul Ratje/AFP via Getty Images

The mayor of El Paso, Texas, has defended his move to send thousands of illegal immigrants on buses to New York, saying that city officials are doing so to ensure that the individuals don’t end up homeless or hungry.

“The people are not coming to El Paso, they’re coming to America,” Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, told ABC’s “This Week” on Sept. 18. “We don’t send anyone where they don’t want to go. We make sure we help them.”