Mayors in a number of New Jersey towns are pushing back against the arrival of hundreds of migrants bus from Texas those migrants stopped in the Garden State on route to New York City but Mayors in Edison and Trenton say they're frustrated claiming they just don't have the resources to support them even for just a stop and as Ted Goldberg reports lawmakers say there needs to be less finger pointing and more accountability on how to handle the controversial issue Governor abbit whilst putting uh migrants as pawns on buses uh did not bother to inform any of the communities in the Northeast Corridor New Jersey Mayors say they don't appreciate being surprised by buses carrying migrants passing through their cities over the weekend the buses brought hundreds of Asylum Seekers from Texas on orders from Governor Greg Abbott with almost all of them taking trains into New York City the towns do need to be prepared uh um to um make sure that the immigrants get on to where they're going uh but that all all parties are notified Edison does not have the social services resources that would be required to attend to the migrants Edison Mayor Sam josi is one of five Mayors with migrant buses stopping in their municipalities it does not fall into Municipal budgets we have to be practical about this and that's really what the base of my whole position is it's that the federal government needs to decide what position they're going to take what this is is a wakeup call for congress uh to get back to work we also need a federal strategy to slow this down we got to turn off the faucet New York city mayor Eric Adams might want to turn off the faucet but he could be in hot water for issuing an executive order limiting when migrant buses can enter the city mayor say that's the reason migrants are coming through New Jersey the executive order is not backfiring see caucus mayor Michael ganelli begs to differ his City saw migrants pass through SE caucus Junction and part of a statement that he sent reads perhaps the requirements mayor Adams put in place are too stringent and are resulting in unexpected consequences as it seems the bus operators have figured out a loophole in the system we will continue to monitor the situation closely we're going to continue to modify ship procedures processes to really push back on what governor Abid is doing he's not alone after migrants pass through Fanwood mayor Colleen marah sent a statement that reads in part assuming that these passengers were indeed migrants from Texas I find it absolutely deplorable that they're being shuffled around like cattle this is a humanitarian crisis in which the governors of all affected States the White House and Congress need to come together to find a solution mayor Joi has been praised and criticized for earlier interviews where he referred to the Asylum Seekers as illegal immigrants and said they had no place in Edison I'm a first generation here and I cannot tell you the overwhelming positive response that I have gotten throughout my entire municipality the only way that you can claim Asylum is by being in the United States um and so Asylum is a legal right here in the United States immigration Advocate Amy Torres says she's disappointed by the tone some politicians have taken in calling the migrants illegal immigrants and says no laws are broken when they pass through New Jersey there's nothing that says that non-citizens can't buy a ticket on a bus there's nothing that says that non-citizens can't rent a hotel room these are needy people and we need to treat them with the humanity that is supposed to be a manifestation of America congresswoman Bonnie Watson Coleman has thoughts on Texas busting migrants over the last two years or so what uh the governor of Texas is doing has been offensive to me she's heard Mayors criticize Congress for not doing enough on immigration an issue where Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing the fault lies with the other party the Maga Republican majority in the House of Representatives has not been helpful at all it has rejected all of the improvements all of the resources that need to be uh placed in the Border Republican Congressman Jeff Andrew sent a statement which reads in part Governor Murphy has continued to show a complete lack of leadership in the state of New Jersey and has opened the door for our state to become overrun by illegal immigration we are all border states now mayors tell me they think more buses will stop by in the future making sure this issue isn't going away anytime soon for NJ Spotlight news I'm Ted Goldberg