Gov. Abbott responds to critics of Christmas Eve migrant bus drop
Migrants from Venezuela, who boarded a bus in Texas, wait to be transported to a local church by volunteers after being dropped off outside the residence of US Vice President Kamala Harris, at the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, on Sept. 15, 2022. - Since April, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has ordered buses to carry thousands of migrants from Texas to Washington, DC, New York City, and Chicago to highlight criticisms of US President Joe Biden's border policy. Texas Gov.
"Gov. Abbott abandoned children on the side of the road in below freezing temperatures on Christmas Eve without coordinating with any federal or local authorities," a White House representative, Abdullah Hasan, said in a statement."This was a cruel, dangerous, and shameful stunt.
The latest federal data shows border patrol officials have encountered more than 411,000 migrants along the U.S.-Mexico border in October and November — a 26-percent increase from a year ago. More than 100,000 of those encounters have happened in El Paso where the city has declared an emergency to manage the unusually high number of migrants who have crossed into the city.
Eze said everyone that was bused to D.C. last week had been detained previously by federal border officials.
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