New Jersey governor Phil Murphy demanded nearly two dozen charter bus companies provide information about the influx of migrants entering his state, asking that operators give 32 hours advance notice of their arrivals.

The request comes after more than 1,800 migrants who crossed the southern border have arrived at various New Jersey transit stations to ride a train to New York City since December 31. The migrant buses en route to New Jersey are coming from Texas and Louisiana, Murphy’s office said.

Commissioned by Texas governor Greg Abbott, bus drivers dropped off hundreds of migrants in New Jersey to bypass New York City mayor Eric Adams’s new order attempting to restrict the number of migrant bus arrivals in the Big Apple. It seems Murphy is seeking similar restrictions.

“As we continue to see more migrants arrive to our state at the hands of the Governor of Texas, who is reportedly funding the passengers’ transportation with taxpayer funds, notice to New Jersey officials in advance of these individuals’ anticipated arrival is critical to ensuring the health and safety of passengers once they arrive in New Jersey,” Murphy said Monday.

In a letter sent to 22 bus companies, the Democratic governor said that New Jersey officials need to know the total number of passengers on each migrant bus, the drop-off locations with an estimated time of arrival, details of the bus’s initial departure, and a complete description of the bus.

“Additionally, because we know the vast majority of these individuals are intending to travel to New York City, this information will be shared with our colleagues across the Hudson to ensure the passengers’ health and safety there,” he added.

Murphy submitted the correspondence in response to pushback from several New Jersey mayors and officials who noticed an increasing number of migrant arrivals at their municipalities’ train stations over the New Year’s weekend.

After discovering that bus operators found a way around the new restrictions, Adams filed a $700 million lawsuit on Thursday, seeking to hold 17 bus and transportation companies responsible for carrying illegal immigrants into his city. All companies listed in the litigation were included in Murphy’s letter.

Texas sent more than 33,600 migrants to New York City between August 2022 and December 29, Abbott said last month. Over 160,000 asylum seekers have entered New York City since spring 2022, and about 70,000 remain in the city’s care.