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| First Texas bus drops off migrants blocks from US Capitol in Washington, DC | |
| 2022-04-13 | |
| [FoxNews] A bus from Texas arrived in Washington, D.C. Wednesday morning, transporting dozens of illegal immigrants as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan to counter federal immigration policies during an ongoing border crisis. Abbott announced last week that he was directing the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to transport migrants released from federal custody in Texas to the nation’s capital and other locations outside his state. The bus pulled up at approximately 8 a.m. local time, blocks away from the U.S. Capitol building. Fox News has learned that they came from the Del Rio sector in Texas, after coming to the U.S. from Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Upon the bus's arrival in Washington, D.C., individuals disembarked one by one except for family units who exited together. They checked in with officials and had wristbands they were wearing cut off before being told they could go.
Some had questioned whether Abbott’s plan to bus migrants was genuine. The White House dismissed it as a "publicity stunt." Even Texas state Rep. Matt Schaefer, a Republican, called it a "gimmick." TDEM said it dispatched buses over the weekend to border communities where it coordinated with officials to identify these immigrants. The agency added that each bus has the capacity and supplies necessary to carry up to 40 migrants released in Texas communities and transport them to Washington, D.C. Still, the governor's legal authority to transport busloads of migrants to the U.S. Capitol remains in question. The 2012 Supreme Court case, Arizona v. the United States, prevents states from making their own immigration policies. Abbott insists that the federal government is failing to adequately address the situation. President Biden recently announced that he would be rescinding Title 42, which was used to expel migrants swiftly due to the COVID-19 pandemic. "Texans demand and deserve an aggressive, comprehensive strategy to secure our border—not President Biden's lackluster leadership," Abbott said in a statement. "As the federal government continues to roll back commonsense policies that once kept our communities safe, our local law enforcement has stepped up to protect Texans from dangerous criminals, deadly drugs, and illegal contraband flooding into the Lone Star State." Related: Greg Abbott: 2022-04-09 Texas Governor Greg Abbott begins dispatching buses to take migrants from the southern border to Washington DC after warning Biden dropping Title 42 would spark a humanitarian crisis Greg Abbott: 2022-04-07 Texas Gov. Greg Abbott directs use of buses to drop off migrants at steps of Capitol in DC Greg Abbott: 2022-04-07 Migrants are being handed Cell Phones so ICE can keep track of them: Republicans urge Texas to declare an 'INVASION' so agents can legally turn back border crossing influx when Biden lifts Title 42 | |
| Posted by:Skidmark |
| #8 Just doing by daylight what Joe and Co are doing at night by plane |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-04-13 20:28 |
| #7 POPCORN!! |
| Posted by: Woodrow 2022-04-13 20:05 |
| #6 Trafficking in aliens somethingsomething |
| Posted by: KBK 2022-04-13 19:35 |
| #5 DOJ will figure out a way to make this illegal in about one hour. |
| Posted by: KBK 2022-04-13 19:33 |
| #4 Surprised Beto wasn't on-board to prove his authenticity. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-04-13 15:40 |
| #3 Perfect!!! |
| Posted by: 49 Pan 2022-04-13 15:01 |
| #2 Couldn't find the clip anywhere, but more than one movie has used the trope of a cop smashing a tail light and then saying "you have a tail light out..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-13 14:36 |