A new emergency declaration allows Mayor Bowser's administration to utilize more resources and finances to handle the growing influx of migrants arriving on...
A couple of buses with migrants from Texas arrive in Washington, D.C. on Thursday, April 21, 2022, as part of the service offered by Governor Greg Abbott for undocumented migrants who wish to travel from Texas to the capital city of the United States. D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency over the situation on Sept. 8, 2022.WASHINGTON — District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency Thursday over the influx of migrants sent by Texas Gov.
The office will support reception of migrants as well as providing meals, temporary housing, medical needs, transit to other destinations and more. Bowser has allocated an initial $10 million for the office and plans to seek reimbursement from FEMA. Bowser and other critics of Abbott’s actions have called it a political ploy to curry favor with conservative voters and inhumane to migrants.
Bowser has twice requested federal aid through the D.C. National Guard to manage the influx of migrants, however, the Biden Administration has“In many ways, the governors of Texas and Arizona have turned us into a border town,” said D.C. Councilmember Brianne Nadeau at the press conference.
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