Over 20,000 migrants have arrived in New York City by bus in the past six months, and the city is at a tipping point. While the narrative in the media focuses on the Republican governors, it turns out that the Democratic mayor of El Paso has sent more buses to New York than Governor Abbott. In partnership with the El Paso Times, reporter Lauren Villagran follows a young Venezuelan family as they travel by bus to New York City.

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Credits:
Executive Producer: Yasmeen Qureshi
Writers: Mona Iskander and Yasmeen Qureshi
Lead Senior Producer: Mona Iskander
Senior Producer: Andrea Kramar
Lead Editor: Mark Apicella
Reporter: Lauren Villagran
Directors of Photography: Corentin Soibinet and Andrew Robertson
Additional Camera: Andrea Kramar, Omar Ornelas, Josh Morgan and Lamar Salter
Additional Reporting Rick Jervis and Omar Ornelas
Additional Producing Lamar Salter
Supervising Editor Justin Schultz
Motion Graphics Designers Mike De Angelis and William Pennington
Assistant Editor Joshua Cheatum
Additional Narration Zulekha Nathoo

Executives of Production:
Kate Gutman
Russ Torres
Robert Padavick

Special thanks to:
The El Paso Times, Tim Archuleta, David Hamlin, Maribel Perez Wadsworth, Nicole Carroll and Amalie Nash

Additional Footage:
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AP
Katiuska Leal Moreno and Kristian Gonzalez
NYC ICEWatch
Marla Diamond / Storyful
South Bronx Mutual Aid
Office of Governor Greg Abbott
Office of NYC Mayor Eric Adams
Office of Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
U.S. Department of State

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