Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in residential Washington on Thursday morning in the bitter political battle over the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been busing migrants out of Texas to cities with Democratic mayors as part of a political strategy this year because he claims there are too many arrivals over the border to his state. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey also has adopted this policy, and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis also got in on the act recently. It was first dreamed up by former President Donald Trump.
Abbott tweeted that he’d sent the buses that arrived Thursday: “We’re sending migrants to her backyard to call on the Biden Administration to do its job & secure the border.”
About two dozen men and women stood outside the U.S. Naval Observatory at dawn, clutching clear plastic bags of their belongings carried with them over the border, before moving to a nearby church. Harris’ office had no immediate comment.
After migrants seeking asylum cross the U.S.-Mexico border, they spend time in a U.S. Customs and Border Protection facility along the border until they are generally released into the U.S. to wait out their cases. Republicans say Biden’s policies encourage migrants to vanish into the U.S.; Democrats argue the Trump-era policy of forcing migrants to wait out their asylum cases in Mexico was inhumane.
DeSantis flew two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday. And last week, Abbott sent about 75 migrants to Chicago.
District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency last week over the continued arrival of buses of migrants. The district earlier requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by the arrival of thousands of migrants, but the Pentagon rejected the request.
(AP)
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☺☺🤣👍serves that witch right. She needs to get lost for ever
These stupid “Serves her Right” taglines in the article header really are childish and not especially helpful to the readership. These are human beings, not some props you exploit for short term political benefit. Yes, both Dems and Republicans have failed to work toward any long-term solution on immigration but this type of gamesmanship by Abbott and De Santis doesn’t do anything to solve the problem. As a practical matter, the VP wasn’t even at the Naval Observatory when the buses arrived and all they did was to add to the congestion on Mass Ave that was already strained by the lineup of people waiting to get into the adjacent British Embassy to sign the condolence book for QEII.
LOL
My experience with recent immigrants is that they will serve her right, with courtesy and all the skill they can muster. After 2 or 3 generations in America, we get lazy and stupid. I should know, I am getting lazy and stupid.
Why are these poor people punished by being dropped near this windbag?
Seriously, I am torn here: on one hand, these stunts send the message; on the other hand, this makes these souls into pawns and we should not treat bnei adam like that.
Dorah,
Poor you, the name-caller-extraordinaire, you’re little sensibilities are hurt by a sharp tagline?
It most certainly does serve her right, this horse-faced hyena, who claims the border she’s in charge of is secure. Let’s see if this empty-headed hypocrite opens her home to even one of these people.
Why can’t they drop a busload near my house? I need a new cleaning lady.
DeSantis can drop there grandchildren at my house, I expect to need an accountant and a cardiologist.
huju,
Have you received written permission from BLM not to reserve an African American cardiologist and accountant or are you being a hypocritical racist?