The second conflict in three days amid sudden chaos on the border between the two former Soviet republics.
Two busloads of immigrants and asylum seekers arrived near the home of US Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, DC, in what critics decried as an attempt by Republicans to use immigrants. as a ‘political event’ before the mid-term elections. Greg Abbott, the Republican governor of Texas, said in a statement Thursday that 100 people from Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela were deported near Harris’ home.
“Texas will continue to send tourists to sanctuary cities like Washington, DC until President [Joe] Biden and Border Czar Harris step in and do their job to secure the border,” Abbott said. Biden, a Democrat, nominated Harris last year to lead his administration’s efforts to stop immigration from the southern United States to Mexico, which has seen an increase in the number of asylum seekers arriving in recent years.
“We’re sending immigrants to [Harris’] backyard to ask the Biden administration to do their job and secure the border,” he tweeted. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican, also recently joined the effort. On Wednesday, he flew two flights into Martha’s Vineyard, a wealthy summer resort in the US state of Massachusetts. “Yes, Florida can confirm that the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today are part of the state’s relocation program to move illegal immigrants to sanctuary,” Taryn Fenske, the governor’s communications director, said on Fox News Digital.
“The people of Martha’s Vineyard should be happy about this. They’re voting for sanctuary cities — they’ve got their own sanctuary city,” Christina Pushaw, a DeSantis campaign spokeswoman, said on Twitter.
“Sanctuary cities” is a term that refers to countries that do not support federal authorities seeking to detain or deport undocumented immigrants. But many state and local officials, as well as immigration rights advocates, criticized the Republican effort as “evil and cruel”.
Earlier this month, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot accused Abbott of “creating a humanitarian crisis” by sending “human beings — not loads, not loads, but people — across the country to not sure.
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