CBS Evening News joined its evening counterpart in picking up where ABC’s Good Morning America left off from earlier in the day in selling a sob story about how illegal immigrants flooding across the border made their way up to New York City and were now sleeping in the street and living in poor conditions. They failed to mention that New York was a sanctuary city.
ABC’s World News Tonight’s report used much of the same dishonest reporting from their morning counterpart Good Morning America in both lying about the surge at the U.S./Mexico border and crying for New York City being overrun by illegals even though they asked for this by becoming a sanctuary city.
“New York City officials, sounding the alarm after these concerning images. Hundreds of migrants on the sidewalk in midtown Manhattan,” correspondent Stephanie Ramos cried before huffing that “dozens sleeping on cardboard outside the Roosevelt Hotel, waiting for a spot inside the intake center.”
Ramos fretted that “New York [was] nearing a breaking point while crossings are down at the southern border.” That of course, was false. As NewsBusters previously reported, even the left-wing Washington Post was forced to admit border crossings surged in July.
“Busloads of migrants are still arriving in the city every week. More than 95,000 asylum seekers have arrived since last spring. Nearly two-thirds of them are now in the city's care. City shelters at capacity,” Ramos added.
Meanwhile, CBS Evening News correspondent Meg Oliver lashed out at Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott for not tolerating his state to be overrun by foreign nationals: “Thousands have been bused from Texas to cities across the country, part of Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott's controversial operation lone star."
“And new tonight, Texas DPS confirms troopers have begun detaining some fathers traveling with their families on trespassing charges, while children and their mothers are turned over to U.S. Border Patrol,” Oliver bemoaned. “The move is reminiscent of the Trump administration policy that separated some families for years.”
Neither network bothered to mention New York City was a sanctuary city and has invited the invasion due to its weak immigration policies.
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ABC’s World News Tonight
8/2/2023
6:43:34 p.m. Eastern
50 secondsSTEPHANIE RAMOS: Tonight, New York City officials, sounding the alarm after these concerning images. Hundreds of migrants on the sidewalk in midtown Manhattan.
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS: We need help. We need we need help. And it's not going to get any better. From this moment on, it's downhill.
RAMOS: Dozens sleeping on cardboard outside the Roosevelt Hotel, waiting for a spot inside the intake center. Police officers offering food.
MURAD AWAWDEH (EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR, NEW YORK IMMIGRATION COALITION): It's not a healthy position for folks to be in, especially after having such long journeys.
RAMOS: New York nearing a breaking point while crossings are down at the southern border. Busloads of migrants are still arriving in the city every week. More than 95,000 asylum seekers have arrived since last spring. Nearly two-thirds of them are now in the city's care. City shelters at capacity.
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CBS Evening News
8/2/2023
6:40:39 p.m. EasternMEG OLIVER: In midtown Manhattan, it's a scene of human misery. Asylum-seekers sleeping on sidewalks outside of the Roosevelt Hotel. 36-year-old Adrian Daniel Jose is among dozens of people waiting to get services, leaving his wife and three kids in Venezuela. Your glasses broke. That’s when you were robbed in Mexico. And so tape is holding her glasses together, and you arrived here in America with the clothes on your back.
MAYOR ERIC ADAMS: From this moment on, it’s downhill. There is no more room.
OLIVER: To reduce the chaos, Adams and the mayors of Chicago and Denver are asking the Biden administration to expedite work permits for migrants.
ROBERTO LOPEZ (TEXAS CIVIL RIGHTS PROJECT SENIOR ADVOCACY MANAGER): There has been no comprehensive response yet from the federal government or the states that have the ability to provide the help that is desperately needed.
OLIVER: Thousands have been bused from Texas to cities across the country, part of Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott's controversial operation lone star. And new tonight, Texas DPS confirms troopers have begun detaining some fathers traveling with their families on trespassing charges, while children and their mothers are turned over to U.S. Border Patrol. The move is reminiscent of the Trump administration policy that separated some families for years. Back in New York City, Natalia and Maksim Subbotina from Russia are seeking political asylum.
Have you slept?
NATALIA SUBBOTINA: No. I can't sleep in this situation. I can’t. It's not safe for me, for him.
OLIVER: To cut down on illegal border crossings, the Biden administration barred asylum claims from those who don't first seek refuge in other countries. But a district judge ruled against it. Unless a higher court intervenes, officials will need to stop that policy starting next week. Norah?
