Second busload of migrants arrives outside Kamala Harris’ residence

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A second bus of migrants despatched from Texas arrived outside the residency of Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday, persevering with Gov. Greg Abbott’s coverage of sending migrants from his state to focus on the Biden administration over its immigration insurance policies.

The bus arrived earlier than daylight outside the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C.; a video shared by an NBC News journalist confirmed migrants carrying masks and carrying pillows strolling off the bus and right into a metropolis that has declared a public health emergency because of the inflow of migrants. A spokesperson for Abbott confirmed that the bus got here from Texas.

On Friday, Abbott’s workplace mentioned it had despatched 8,000 migrants to the nation’s capital since asserting his busing coverage within the spring. The state has additionally despatched 2,500 migrants to New York City and 600 to Chicago. Abbott started focusing on the vp’s residency this week after she appeared on Meet the Press and mentioned the border was safe, stoking conservative anger.

“The Biden-Harris Administration continues ignoring and denying the historic crisis at our southern border, which has endangered and overwhelmed Texas communities for almost two years,” Abbott mentioned this week. “Our supposed Border Czar, Vice President Kamala Harris, has but to even go to the border to see firsthand the influence of the open border insurance policies she has helped implement, even going as far as to say the border is ‘secure.’”

Abbott has additionally mentioned the busing is offering much-needed reduction to communities alongside the border. But leaders within the vacation spot cities have expressed outrage as a result of Texas shouldn’t be coordinating them or giving them discover about when the buses are going to reach. New York City has a coverage to grant shelter to anybody who wants it inside its borders, however Mayor Eric Adams has floated the thought of lifting that coverage because of the battle it has confronted maintaining with the individuals arriving on buses.

The metropolis of El Paso has additionally begun busing migrants to New York. Fox News reported that six extra buses arrived from there on Saturday.

Meanwhile, different governors are following Abbott’s lead. This week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis organized for a bunch of migrants in San Antonio to be flown to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts, the place native officers had been left scrambling to assist them after they arrived with little or no assist.

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