DC attorney general opens investigation into immigrant buses to capital

The Washington, D.C., legal professional common has opened an investigation into the busing of immigrants from GOP-led states to the capital.

D.C. Legal professional Normal Karl Racine is investigating whether or not authorities from Gov. Greg Abbott’s Texas and different border states misled immigrants with a purpose to ship them to D.C., in response to ProPublica. He spoke of how some immigrants interviewed by investigators claimed they’d been misled by authorities, particularly about promised providers.

Racine has beforehand criticized the coverage, saying the transfer used “individuals as props. That’s what they’ve executed with the immigrants.” He additionally known as it a “political stunt.”

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He didn’t elaborate on the specifics of the inquiry, and he refused to reply additional questions.

When notified concerning the investigation, Abbott’s workplace remained defiant.

“These Democrat elites in our nation’s capital know nothing about Texas’ busing operations. These migrants willingly selected to go to Washington, D.C., having signed a voluntary consent waiver out there in a number of languages upon boarding that they agreed on the vacation spot. They usually have been processed and launched by the federal authorities, who dumped them in small Texas border cities,” a spokeswoman for Abbott’s workplace wrote in an announcement to the outlet.

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To date, Abbott and different Republican governors have despatched 8,200 individuals to Washington on over 195 buses, 3,200 to New York Metropolis on over 60 buses, and 920 to Chicago on over 15 buses, in response to the outlet.