"Suburbs and Blue States Grapple with Rising Migrant Drop-Offs as 2024 Election Looms"
Suburban areas outside New York City and Chicago are pushing back against the arrival of migrant buses, citing a lack of capacity to handle the influx. The transportation of migrants from the southern border, particularly by Texas Governor Greg Abbott, is part of a protest against sanctuary jurisdictions. Local officials, like Mayor Reed Gusciora of Trenton, New Jersey, and Mayor Sam Joshi of Edison, New Jersey, have expressed their communities' inability to support the migrants, with some taking measures to send them back to the border. The southern border saw a record-breaking 302,000 encounters in December, with over 785,000 since the start of the fiscal year, indicating a growing challenge for local governments.