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‘Give me your tired, your poor’: Mayor greets migrants arriving from Texas to Port Authority

By Dean Moses Posted on August 7, 2022
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Mayor Eric Adams spent his Sunday morning greeting migrants arriving from the Texas border to the Big Apple.

As the bus pulled in just after 7 a.m. on Aug. 7, Mayor Adams and his team were waiting at the Port Authority bus station. Children as young as 3 years old stepped off the vehicle with their parents, eyes wide with disorientation from the long, whirlwind trip. Adams endeavored to illustrate the difference between New York and Texas by welcoming the migrants and offering them what they didn’t find in the south: solace.

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‘Give me your tired, your poor’: Mayor greets migrants arriving from Texas to Port Authority

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