Gov. Abbott Sending > 40 Buses of Migrants to DC
May 26, 2022 3:28:03 GMT -5
Post by ExquisiteGerbil on May 26, 2022 3:28:03 GMT -5
Gov. Abbott says he will send more than 400 buses of migrants to DC as he laments Biden and Harris have 'never once' reached out to him about the crisis – with White House steering clear of border the day Title 42 was supposed to end
Texas Governor Greg Abbott said during a press conference Monday that he wants to send 450 buses of migrants to Washington, DC so the nation's capital can experience what border communities are facing
'We're up to our 45th bus now, when you add a zero to that, I think Washington D.C. is going to soon find out they're dealing with the same consequences as we're dealing with,' Abbott told press in Eagle Pass, Texas
Abbott also said that neither President Joe Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris have 'never once' reached out to him regarding the southern border crisis
Hundreds of migrants were released from CBP custody on Monday, May 23 even though a judge stooped Title 42 from being lifted
Buses of migrants released from U.S. custody into the U.S. arrived the non-profit Mission: Border Hope
Migrants wait to be transported to San Antonio, where they travel to their final destination in the U.S.
Asylum-seekers are still coming over the southern border on Monday despite a judge putting a stay on the Biden administration's attempts to lift Title 42
The policy is still being enforced, which allows Border Patrol to instantly turn back migrants who make the dangerous trek across the Rio Grande River
By KATELYN CARALLE, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN EAGLE PASS, TEXAS
PUBLISHED: 19:29 EDT, 23 May 2022 | UPDATED: 08:22 EDT, 24 May
Governor Greg Abbott said Monday that Texas has been forced to 'fight' against the Biden administration regarding border security and said he wants to flood Washington, D.C. with 450 buses of migrants so the nations' capital can experience what his state's communities are facing.
The governor, speaking at a press conference in Eagle Pass, Texas on Monday afternoon, said that the cities and towns in his state are seeing 'illegal migrants dumped off in their communities' by the busloads every day.
'They had no capability of dealing with them,' Abbott told the press gathered in Eagle Pass City Hall. 'And they talked about having to put them on buses and send them up to San Antonio. I said, I've got a better idea – we're going to send them to Washington, D.C.'
'We're trying to help communities… along the southern border not have to deal with this tidal wave of people in their communities,' he added. 'So we are a relief valve for those communities by moving the migrants out and getting them to Washington, D.C.'
'And we're up to our 45th bus now, when you add a zero to that, I think Washington D.C. is going to soon find out they're dealing with the same consequences as we're dealing with,' Abbott proposed.
The governor said that neither President Joe Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris have personally reached out to him to speak about the southern border crisis.
'President Biden has never once even tried to contact me about the border,' Abbott said. 'The czar for the border, Kamala Harris, has never once tried to contact me.'
'My last contact with [Homeland Security] Secretary Mayorkas was something like in February a year ago,' he continued. 'They have no interest in talking to Texas or talking to leaders who are actually on the border. Remember Joe Biden himself has never even been to the border.'
'We are in a crisis that was man-made by President Biden, who doesn't want to take the time to even come to the border or talk to the governor of a border state.'
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Texas Governor Greg Abbott said during a press conference Monday that he wants to send 450 buses of migrants to Washington, DC so the nation's capital can experience what border communities are facing
'We're up to our 45th bus now, when you add a zero to that, I think Washington D.C. is going to soon find out they're dealing with the same consequences as we're dealing with,' Abbott told press in Eagle Pass, Texas
Abbott also said that neither President Joe Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris have 'never once' reached out to him regarding the southern border crisis
Hundreds of migrants were released from CBP custody on Monday, May 23 even though a judge stooped Title 42 from being lifted
Buses of migrants released from U.S. custody into the U.S. arrived the non-profit Mission: Border Hope
Migrants wait to be transported to San Antonio, where they travel to their final destination in the U.S.
Asylum-seekers are still coming over the southern border on Monday despite a judge putting a stay on the Biden administration's attempts to lift Title 42
The policy is still being enforced, which allows Border Patrol to instantly turn back migrants who make the dangerous trek across the Rio Grande River
By KATELYN CARALLE, U.S. POLITICAL REPORTER FOR DAILYMAIL.COM IN EAGLE PASS, TEXAS
PUBLISHED: 19:29 EDT, 23 May 2022 | UPDATED: 08:22 EDT, 24 May
Governor Greg Abbott said Monday that Texas has been forced to 'fight' against the Biden administration regarding border security and said he wants to flood Washington, D.C. with 450 buses of migrants so the nations' capital can experience what his state's communities are facing.
The governor, speaking at a press conference in Eagle Pass, Texas on Monday afternoon, said that the cities and towns in his state are seeing 'illegal migrants dumped off in their communities' by the busloads every day.
'They had no capability of dealing with them,' Abbott told the press gathered in Eagle Pass City Hall. 'And they talked about having to put them on buses and send them up to San Antonio. I said, I've got a better idea – we're going to send them to Washington, D.C.'
'We're trying to help communities… along the southern border not have to deal with this tidal wave of people in their communities,' he added. 'So we are a relief valve for those communities by moving the migrants out and getting them to Washington, D.C.'
'And we're up to our 45th bus now, when you add a zero to that, I think Washington D.C. is going to soon find out they're dealing with the same consequences as we're dealing with,' Abbott proposed.
The governor said that neither President Joe Biden nor Vice President Kamala Harris have personally reached out to him to speak about the southern border crisis.
'President Biden has never once even tried to contact me about the border,' Abbott said. 'The czar for the border, Kamala Harris, has never once tried to contact me.'
'My last contact with [Homeland Security] Secretary Mayorkas was something like in February a year ago,' he continued. 'They have no interest in talking to Texas or talking to leaders who are actually on the border. Remember Joe Biden himself has never even been to the border.'
'We are in a crisis that was man-made by President Biden, who doesn't want to take the time to even come to the border or talk to the governor of a border state.'
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