TEXAS GOV. GREG ABBOTT HAS GIVEN D.C. A LESSON ON DEALING WITH AN INFLUX OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS ... EXCEPT THAT TEXAS HAS TO DEAL WITH THOUSANDS EVERY DAY

White House claims Republicans are sending migrants to D.C. as 'political pawns' after Mayor Bowser called in the National Guard - as Gov. Abbott says Washington will 'finally learn what Texans are dealing with every day'

The White House slammed Republicans Thursday  for using migrants as 'political pawns' by bussing them to the nation's capital. But Texas hit back saying Washington was only learning what Texans were suffering every day.

 

Daily Mail

July 28, 2022 

 

 

            White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre slammed Republican governors for the way they were using migrants as a 'political pawn' or 'political tool' as the mayor of Washington, D.C., called for the National Guard to be deployed to help with a humanitarian crisis in the city

 

The office of Texas Governor Greg Abbott hit back, saying: 'Washington D.C. finally understands what Texans have been dealing with every single day'

 

The White House slammed Republican governors on Thursday for using migrants as a 'political pawn' by bussing them to Washington, D.C., after the city's mayor called for the National Guard to help.

Mayor Muriel Bowser said the influx had caused a 'humanitarian crisis.'

Washington DC Mayor Muriel Bowser called the influx of migrants “dire,” calling the situation a “humanitarian crisis.

 

But the issue quickly spiralled into a political row as Texas Governor Greg Abbott's office said the nation's capital was now experiencing the sort of problems that Texans saw every day.  

White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said officials talking with Bowser about the request.

'We have been in regular touch with Mayor Bowser and her team,' she said at her daily briefing.

'And I said this before ... about Republicans using migrants as a political tool, and that is shameful and that is just wrong. 

'There is a process in place for managing migrants at the border. This is not it.'

She said migrants should be expelled under Title 42, or transferred into custody, or placed in the care of local organizations for proper processing.

'So what Republicans are doing, the way that they're meddling in the process and using migrants as a political pawn, is just wrong,' she added.