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Philly Mayor To Migrant Asylum Seekers: 'You Are Welcome Here'
About 30 migrants seeking asylum arrived in Philadelphia Wednesday, Nov. 16, and Mayor Jim Kenney says the city is ready for them.
"You are welcome here," the mayor said at a press conference midday Wednesday, calling Philadelphia a "proud, welcoming city."
"Immigrants across time and generations have powered our city, driving our city forward economically, socially, and culturally," Kenney said.
The asylum-seekers rode a bus from Del Rio, Texas which was chartered by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, the mayor said.
Around 30 migrants have arrived in Philly from Texas.The people I spoke to t…
