New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia working with asylum seekers sent by buses from Texas

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) -- The Texas Division of Emergency Management has confirmed buses carrying migrants to New Jersey are part of Operation Lone Star.

Those arrivals began when New York City Mayor Eric Adams instituted new rules about when those buses could arrive in New York.

People, not buses, are caught in the middle of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's policy of sending immigrants to cities like Philadelphia with Democratic leadership, the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia says.

"At the core, this is about people," Peter Pedemonti, the co-director of the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia, said. "This is about families."

For months, Pedemonti and the New Sanctuary Movement of Philadelphia have welcomed asylum seekers sent by Abbott to the city.