Philadelphia preparing for potential bus of migrants from Texas - Fox News

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Officials successful Philadelphia are preparing for the imaginable arrival of 52 migrants connected a autobus from Del Rio, Texas, sometime this week. 

It would people the archetypal clip that migrants person been driven from Texas to Philadelphia, though Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent thousands connected buses to New York City, Washington, D.C., and Chicago. 

A spokesperson for Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney told Fox News Digital that "the concern is inactive fluid" and the nonstop timing of the imaginable autobus travel is unclear.

"This accusation was relayed to america from a assemblage spouse enactment arsenic Texas officials person not coordinated with the city," the spokesperson said. "We bash not person an nonstop determination of wherever the autobus volition disembark, nor bash we person immoderate circumstantial accusation astir those connected board, nor bash we cognize if different buses are planned."

A presumption    of the Philadelphia skyline connected  Nov. 7, 2022.

A presumption of the Philadelphia skyline connected Nov. 7, 2022. (Ryan Collerd/AFP via Getty Images)

A spokesperson Abbott did not instantly instrumentality a petition for remark connected Sunday.

Philadelphia officials person been preparing since the summertime for the imaginable accomplishment of migrants arsenic adjacent cities started receiving buses. 

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The 300th bus filled with migrants departed Texas en way to Chicago this week.

Migrants permission  for a structure  from the Port Authority autobus  terminal successful  New York connected  Sept. 27, 2022.

Migrants permission for a structure from the Port Authority autobus terminal successful New York connected Sept. 27, 2022. (Michael Nagle/Xinhua via Getty Images)

A autobus  carrying migrants arrived successful  Washington, D.C., adjacent   Vice President Kamala Harris' residence connected  Oct. 6, 2022.

A autobus carrying migrants arrived successful Washington, D.C., adjacent Vice President Kamala Harris' residence connected Oct. 6, 2022. (Fox News Channel)

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Abbott has said that helium is trying to bring airy to an amerciable migration situation that is disproportionately impacting borderline communities successful Texas; a grounds 2.3 cardinal migrants were encountered astatine the confederate borderline successful fiscal twelvemonth 2022.

"As [President Joe] Biden does nothing, Texas volition proceed taking unprecedented enactment to relieve our overwhelmed borderline communities & unafraid the border," Abbott tweeted this past week.

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