Texas Governor Denounces New York’s Plan to Give Illegal Immigrants Prepaid Debit Cards

‘It sounds like insanity is behind it because it really is offensive,’ Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, said.

Illegal immigrants pass through a gap in the U.S. border wall to await processing by Border Patrol agents in Jacumba, Calif., on Dec. 7, 2023. John Fredricks/The Epoch Times

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has reacted critically to New York Mayor Eric Adams’s plan to provide illegal immigrants in the Big Apple with prepaid debit cards, saying it’s “insanity” for taxpayers to be on the hook for the $53 million program.

Mr. Abbott, who’s leading efforts in Texas to bolster border security as the Lone Star State faces record numbers of illegal border crossers, made the remarks in an interview on Fox Business on Feb. 4.