Abbott hits back at ‘hypocrite in chief’ after criticism for busing immigrants to DC on Christmas Eve

Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) responded to widespread criticism for his determination to bus greater than 100 immigrants to Washington, D.C., on Christmas Eve, decrying President Joe Biden because the “hypocrite in chief” for transporting immigrants to frame cities corresponding to El Paso.

Abbott responded to claims that Texas border officers dropped off immigrants with out their consent in below-freezing temperatures, claiming those that had been transported signed voluntary consent waivers and agreed to the situation.

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“They had been processed and launched by the federal authorities, who’re dumping them at historic ranges in Texas border cities like El Paso, which lately declared a state of emergency due to the Biden-made disaster,” Renae Eze, a spokeswoman for Abbott, instructed Fox Information. “As we have now repeatedly stated, we’re keen to work with anybody — Republican or Democrat alike — on actual options, like the great immigration reform and border safety measures President Biden despatched to Congress on his first day in workplace, however these political video games accomplish nothing and solely put lives at risk.”

Abbott accredited the switch of greater than 100 immigrants to be dropped off at Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence within the nation’s capital on Christmas Eve, prompting the White Home to denounce the incident as a “harmful and shameful stunt.” The Migrant Solidarity Mutual Help Community later transported the immigrants to an area church to offer sources and shelter, based on video footage posted to Twitter by 7News.

The Texas governor has been busing immigrants searching for asylum on the southern border to Democratic cities since April, sending greater than 8,500 immigrants to Washington, D.C., over the past eight months, based on knowledge from Abbott’s workplace. He’s additionally despatched 1000’s of immigrants to different northern cities, corresponding to New York Metropolis, Chicago, and Philadelphia.

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The inflow of immigrants to Washington, D.C., has prompted an outcry from native lawmakers who’ve referred to as the transfer a “humanitarian disaster.” In response, district lawmakers accredited the emergency creation of a authorities workplace designated to answer the 1000’s of immigrants, and the town will search reimbursement from the federal authorities, based on the mayor’s workplace.

Abbott has defended the switch of immigrants to Democratic cities as a technique to convey consideration to the border disaster, arguing the Biden administration has not accomplished sufficient to handle the record-high immigration numbers. Roughly 411,000 unlawful immigrants had been encountered on the southern border in October and November, based on the Heart for Immigration Research — surpassing the entire variety of immigrants who had been apprehended on the border for all of fiscal 2020.