Migrant trucks abandoned in front of US vice president’s house at Christmas
Several buses full of migrants They were abandoned in front of the residence of the US Vice President Kamala Harris, in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve, leaving migrants on the streets in temperatures of minus 7 degrees on Saturday night.
The first two buses were taken to local shelters, according to an administration official. However, more trucks arrived in front of the Naval Observatory, which is the residence of the vice president. It was reported to The Truth News that some migrants wore only T-shirts in the freezing weather. They were given blankets and put on another bus to a local church.
The Texas Governor Greg Abbott was responsible for the incidentaccording to ABC 7 and Fox News, marking the latest episode in a months-long effort by the governor to send immigrants to Democratic-run cities as a way to encourage the Biden administration to take action to control immigration into the US.
In September, Abbott sent two busloads of immigrants to Harris’ residence, drawing criticism from Democrats. Other Republican governors, including Florida’s Ron DeSantis and Arizona’s Doug Ducey, have transported immigrants to Democratic-run cities across the country in recent months.
Several migrants were transferred to shelters
“Tonight, on Christmas Eve, Governor Abbott’s buses dropped migrants off at the Vice President’s house in the cold,” the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network wrote on Twitter early Sunday morning. “This is not new, it has been going on for 8 months.”
Abbott wrote a letter to President Biden last Tuesday demanding that the administration send federal assets to address the situation at the border, especially as temperatures drop and a winter storm approaches Texas.
“You and your administration must stop the lie that the border is secure and instead immediately deploy federal assets to address the serious problems they have caused,” Abbott wrote. “You must perform the duties that the US Constitution requires you to perform and secure the southern border before more innocent lives are lost.”
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For its part, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) indicated in a statement that it “continues to fully apply our immigration and public health laws at the border,” this prior to the incident, before they abandoned trucks with migrants. outside the home of US Vice President Kamala Harris.
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