New York Mayor Adams called Abbott an 'anti-American governor' as immigration brawl escalates

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New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Wednesday called Texas Governor Greg Abbott an "anti-American governor." city.

Adams and Abbott exchanged views on immigrant bus travel to New York City. Abbott's office began dispatching immigrants to Washington, D.C. in the spring and more recently began dispatching buses to New York City.

Mayors in those cities responded furiously, calling for federal help and a halt to immigrant bus driving.Adams on Tuesday to campaign in the upcoming governorship election. ``I have already called all my friends in Texas to tell them how to vote. I'm thinking deeply about taking a full bus to Texas and knocking on the good old door, because for America's good, we have to get him out of office," Adams said at a press conference Tuesday.

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Both of Abbott's campaigns, and Abbott himself, countered Hisonner.

New York City Mayor Eric Adams, left, Greg Texas Governor Abbott  (Getty Images)

I cannot leave New York City without the mayor's request," said campaign spokesperson Mark Miner.told Fox News Digital. 

``I feel like Clint Eastwood. said it would only help his campaign for re-election.

Abbott said Texas voters were "fed up" with border chaos under the Biden administration.

"That's why we're sending these illegal immigrants to places like Washington, D.C. and New York City," he said.

Adams went a step further Wednesday when asked about Abbott's "make your day" response.

After Mayor Adams threatened to bus New Yorkers to Texas, he fought back.

He's Clint Eastwood, but he's not," he said. rice field. “He is an anti-American governor and is against everything we stand for.To make sure the people of Texas understand how harmful he is to us globally, I can 

"He is globally embarrassed because this is not what we all do as Americans." He said. "And if he goes into his lineage, if he comes from somewhere else and if his ancestors were treated the same as these asylum seekers and immigrants, he wouldn't be where he is now.

Abbott's office provided Fox News with a voluntary consent waiver form distributed in multiple languages, emphasizing that immigrants voluntarily board the bus.

} The form states that the immigrant "consents to be transferred by an official of the State of Texas or its designated agency to a location outside Texas, such as Washington, D.C. or New York City, New York."

Abbott sends a message to New York Mayor Adams about his campaign for BETO O'ROURKE in Texas. Washington, D.C. "serves as the capital of the United States, where members of Congress and the President of the United States can quickly respond to the needs of incoming immigrants." 

It also states that New York City is "designated by the City Council as a sanctuary city, providing shelter and food to immigrants who enter the country."

Adams and his D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser called on the federal government to increase support for their city. 

A White House official told Fox News Digital that the White House "has been in regular contact with Mayor Adams and his team and has been working effectively with other regional leaders." We are committed to working with them, just like we are working together." FEMA funding and other support.

"As we have always said, there is a process in place to manage the flow of immigrants, and Republican governors interfere in that process, turning desperate immigrants into political We should stop using it as a tool," the official said.

Elizabeth Heckman and Bill Melugin of Fox News contributed to this report.