Texas Governor Abbott endangered lives with Christmas Eve migrant drop, White Home says6 hours in the past

The White Home on Monday accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of endangering lives after busloads of migrants from the southwest border in Texas had been dropped close to Vice-President Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington, D.C., on a chilly Christmas Eve.

Republican Mr. Abbott, a vocal critic of Biden administration immigration insurance policies, has not acknowledged the Christmas Eve drop and his workplace has not claimed accountability. President Joe Biden is a Democrat.

An estimated 110 to 130 migrants searching for asylum in america, lots of them households with youngsters, had been positioned on buses by Texas officers, immigrant help teams mentioned on Sunday after the migrants arrived within the U.S. capital.

“Governor Abbott deserted youngsters on the aspect of the street in beneath freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve with out co-ordinating with any Federal or native authorities,” White Home spokesman Abdullah Hasan mentioned in a press release.

“The political video games accomplish nothing and solely put lives in peril,” Mr. Hasan added.

Texas has bused 1000’s of migrants to Washington, New York Metropolis and Chicago, in what some critics have labelled a stunt amid a nationwide debate over the excessive ranges of immigrant arrivals alongside the U.S. southern border.

Mr. Abbott has mentioned beforehand his state was purposefully busing migrants to sanctuary cities, the place regulation enforcement is discouraged from deporting immigrants.

Mr. Hasan mentioned the Biden administration was keen to work with Democrats and Republicans on options to the migrant challenge.

Amy Fischer, an organizer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Assist Community, informed NPR the migrants had been instantly transferred onto city-provided buses in Washington and moved to a church that distributed sizzling meals and garments.

Claudia Tristán, a co-organizer with the identical group, informed Reuters on Monday that almost all of the migrants dropped close to the vice-president’s residence had been already on their technique to kinfolk and pals in america.

In a letter to Mr. Biden on Dec. 20, Mr. Abbott mentioned the state was overburdened with 1000’s of males, ladies and kids crossing into Texas daily who threat freezing to demise on metropolis streets.

Hidalgo County, Tex., Choose Richard Cortez informed CNN on Monday that localities in Texas like his had been overwhelmed by the variety of immigrants and couldn’t accommodate all of them.

“Busing immigrants out of this space in a manner helps us … but it surely’s not an answer to the issue,” mentioned Justice Cortez, whose county borders Mexico.