Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday his state is taking “unprecedented action” to deal with the projected increase in migrants on the U.S.-Mexico border, including the sending of charter buses. migrants in Washington, DC.
Other actions announced include “enhanced vehicle safety inspections” crossing Texas entry points, boat blockades on the Rio Grande River, deployed wire at “low-water crossings and high-traffic areas” and the National Guard starting. ” mass migration trials “. . ”
Abbott, a Republican, also directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to begin the process of coordinating charter buses to take migrants to DC.
“The Biden administration will be able to meet the needs of the people who are allowing them to cross our border more immediately,” Abbott told a news conference, flanked by the Texas Department of Homeland Security and other officials.
Abbott later said the bus’s first destination “will be the United States Capitol Stairs.”
The movements come in response to the end of May of title 42a pandemic-An order issued under the Trump administration that allows U.S. immigration authorities to quickly expel migrants and asylum seekers.
“The federal government is planning to cross up to 18,000 illegal immigrants a day,” Abbott said. “We have potentially more people crossing our border illegally later this year living in Los Angeles.”
Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz tweeted support for Abbott’s plans, calling them “great ideas” and suggesting additional places to which migrant charter buses should be sent, including states such as Massachusetts, California and New York.
EXCELLENT ideas. @GregAbbott_TX
But Texas shouldn’t just send illegal foreigner charter buses to DC. I introduced federal legislation to send to:
– Martha’s Vinyard, MA
– Nantucket, MA
– Palo Alto, CA.
– Greenwich, CT
– Scarsdale, New York
– Newport, RI
– Rehoboth Beach, DE https://t.co/0MK7fLfGaA– Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) April 6, 2022
Beto O’Rourke, a former Texas congressman and Democratic presidential candidate now running for governor in this year’s race against Abbott, accused the Republican incumbent of choosing “acrobatics over solutions.”
You can always count on Abbott to choose stunts over solutions.
– Beto O’Rourke (@BetoORourke) April 7, 2022
Abbott told a news conference on Wednesday that other actions in his state “will be announced next week.”
Citing guidelines from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, U.S. immigration officials have carried out more than 1.7 million deportations of migrants under Title 42 in the past two years, 70% of them under President Biden, who maintained politics despite reversing other Trump border initiatives. .
After two defeats in federal court in March and intensified pressure from top Democrats in Congress, the Biden administration announced on April 1 that it would end Title 42 in late May.
On Wednesday, when CBS Evening News presenter and editor-in-chief Norah O’Donnell asked if the end of Title 42 would lead to increased migration, The Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, Alejandro Mayorkas “It’s very difficult to predict what the migration will be like, but we are planning different scenarios,” he said.
“What sets us apart from the past is the fact that we will not implement cruelty policies that do not take into account our asylum laws,” he added. “We are rebuilding a system that was completely dismantled.”
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