Migrants were brought to house of U.S. Vice President for Christmas
2022.12.26 06:31
Migrants were brought to house of U.S. Vice President for Christmas
Budrigannews.com – Immigrant aid groups reported on Sunday that busloads of migrants who had traveled from the southwest border in Texas were dropped off during the Christmas weekend near the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington amid freezing temperatures.
Tatiana Laborde, managing director of SAMU First Response, a relief agency working with the city of Washington, D.C., said by phone that aid groups had been informed of their journey and awaited their arrival late on Saturday to hand out blankets and then transport them to a church in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. She said that approximately 110-130 of the migrants seeking asylum in the United States, many of whom were families with children, were placed on buses by Texas officials.
It was not immediately clear whether the state coordinated their transportation; aides to Texas Governor Greg Abbott were unavailable for comment.
Migrants have been transported to Democratic-controlled cities in the northern United States by the Republican governor, a vocal critic of the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
During a national debate about the high numbers of immigrants arriving at the southern border of the United States, Texas has bused thousands of migrants to Washington, New York City, and Chicago. Some critics have called this a stunt.
According to Laborde, nine busloads of migrants have been dropped off in Washington over the past week.
Laborde stated, “What we’ve been seeing lately is an increase in people from Ecuador and Colombia.” She added that many Venezuelans had previously arrived by bus.
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Laborde stated that the majority of the most recent arrivals are currently attempting to relocate to New York or New Jersey, where they will have family or other community support.
