A Democratic Governor Is Planning to Send Migrants to NYC and Chicago

"In a statement Tuesday, Polis said his administration is helping migrants reach their intended destinations because 70% don't plan to stay in Colorado."

"But Polis acknowledged the number of people being bused out-of-state has escalated in recent days to clear a backlog of people stuck in Colorado because of harsh winter weather.

Colorado earmarked $5 million to assist people identified as migrants, including helping them purchase bus tickets. About half the money is allocated already.
"There is a lot of pent-up demand right now and a lot of frustration among our migrants who have been trapped for a week or two in a place they didn't want to be through no fault of their own," Polis told Politico."

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/01/03/colorado-migrants-new-york-00076115

"However, the Democratic governor told POLITICO shortly afterward that the state has been helping asylum seekers reach their final destinations — including New York City — for weeks. The only change has been a recent winter storm and ensuing travel catastrophe that created a backlog of migrants wanting to leave Denver, which is now being cleared."

So no this isn't the same as what Republican governors have done which is using migrants as some political stunt. Colorado was already helping migrants get to their final destinations, which weren't Colorado, but then extreme winter weather stopped that. If anyone is in Colorado or that area of the Midwest near it, you'd know how bad the weather has been and still is. I just left Nebraska after visiting family and it was brutally cold and now they're getting hit with yet another huge snowstorm in Neb and South Dakota.