Thursday, September 08, 2022

D.C. mayor declares public emergency over migrants arriving on buses

 

D.C. Mayor Muriel E. Bowser (D) declared a public emergency Thursday over the influx of asylum seekers bused in from Texas and Arizona, a formality that allows her to release $10 million in city funds to aid the migrants while also acknowledging that the Biden administration isn’t likely to play a more active role.

After the Pentagon twice rejected Bowser’s request for National Guard troops to help with the busloads of migrants arriving several times per week from the two border states, Bowser is moving to create an Office of Migrant Services that will coordinate an array of services, including temporary shelter, meals and medical support.

The arrival of about 9,400 migrants in the nation’s capital since Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) launched their busing programs in the spring has caught the city largely off-guard, even as many of those individuals have since left for other parts of the United States, the mayor said...MORE

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Sanctuary city Overlord Bowser somehow thinks troops are more necessary in DC with a couple thousand illegals than in TX, AZ and NM where it's couple million per year. Keep sending those buses TX. Maybe Biden will cave and help secure our border.