(Fox News) Two migrant buses from Del Rio, Texas, arrived near Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., Thursday morning.
Between 75 and 100 people who were picked up in Eagle Pass, Texas, were sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. The group includes migrants from Venezuela, Uruguay, Colombia and Mexico. Multiple migrants, asked by Fox News Digital, said they think the border is open, contrary to what Harris said Sunday during an interview.
Two buses carrying migrants from Del Rio, Texas, arrived near Vice President Kamala Harris’ Naval Observatory residence in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Fox News Channel)
Abbott has sent dozens of buses filled with border-crossers to Washington, D.C., New York City and Chicago in recent weeks.
Abbott argues that border towns in Texas are overwhelmed, and those in power in D.C. and NYC should face the realities of the border crisis.
Two buses carrying migrants from Del Rio, Texas, arrived near Vice President Kamala Harris’ Naval Observatory residence in Washington, D.C., Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022. (Fox News Channel)
Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser declared a public emergency last week over the buses of migrants’ continued arrival in the city from Texas and Arizona.
Bowser’s emergency declaration will set aside funding to accommodate migrants as well as create the Office of Migrant Services. The OMS will be tasked with providing temporary accommodations, urgent medical needs, transportation” and other services for migrants.
Brianne Nadeau, a member of the Council of the District of Columbia, blamed the governors of Texas and Arizona for the city’s public migrant emergency.
Speaking in a situational update on migrant support alongside Bowser, she said Thursday that the city’s systems were not set up to serve the migrants that continue to arrive in the city from the southern states.
