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| Washington Mayor Decries Illegal Immigrants Being Bused Into City | |
| 2022-07-19 | |
| [EpochTimes] Washington’s mayor is criticizing two border states for busing illegal immigrants to the nation’s capital, which bills itself as a sanctuary city. For months, Texas and Arizona authorities have been offering free rides to illegal aliens who have claimed asylum, citing a lack of resources in dealing with the immigrants and the hope that sending them to Washington will help convince President Joe Biden to increase immigration enforcement amid a record number of arrests at the border. But Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser, who is a Democrat, isn’t on board. “This is a very significant issue. We have, for sure, called on the federal government to work across state lines to prevent people from really being tricked into getting on buses. We think they’re largely asylum-seekers who are going to final destinations that are not Washington, D.C.,” she said on CBS’s “Face the Nation” on July 17. “I worked with the White House to make sure that FEMA provided a grant to a local organization that is providing services to folks. But I fear that they’re being tricked into nationwide bus trips when their final destinations are places all over the United States of America.” Ranae Eze, press secretary for Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, told The Epoch Times via email that “the only lie is the Biden Administration telling the American people that our border is closed.” “With our nation’s capital now experiencing a fraction of the disaster created by President Biden’s reckless open border policies that our state faces every single day, maybe he’ll finally do his job and secure the border,” she wrote.
COMPLAINTS Thousands of illegal aliens have been sent to Washington from the two states this year, beginning in April. Getting on the buses is a choice, according to officials in the states. But some of the immigrants complained to WUSA-TV that promises made by officials before getting on the buses weren’t fulfilled. Ana Karina Arce Polano, an illegal immigrant from Venezuela, told the broadcaster that she was told her family would be transported to Colorado via Washington, but that they didn’t end up being offered transportation to Colorado. “We arrived here with faith to give them a better life, and it turns out that we do not even have a place to sleep and no way to get where we want to go,” Polano said. Another illegal alien said she was told that her family would be given a ride to Chicago after arriving in Washington, but that hasn’t happened. “If anyone is being misled, we certainly want to know about it,” Ducey spokesman CJ Karamargin told WUSA-TV. Sister Sharlet Wagner, executive director of the Catholic Charities-run Newcomer Network, told NTD previously that most of the illegal immigrants were traveling to places beyond Washington. “Most of them do have family or friends in the place where they really want to go. We’re happy to help them if they want to stay here. Most are choosing to move on,” she said. Federal authorities have said that states aren’t “adequately coordinating” with them or local authorities. They also said that most immigrants who aren’t expelled via Title 42, a pandemic-era order, are released into the U.S. interior with notices to appear in court. A Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spokesman told The Epoch Times, “Through its Southwest Border Coordination Center, DHS is executing carefully designed plans to manage the processing and transport of noncitizens arriving at the border.” Related: Muriel Bowser: 2022-07-08 Pelosi Refuses to Explain Her Role in Jan. 6 Riots Muriel Bowser: 2022-04-20 Coca-Cola Hosts Earth Day Event With Dem and Farrakhan Pal Who Says Jews Control Weather Muriel Bowser: 2021-12-03 DC mayor's former spokesman says he switched parties after seeing Biden's immigration crisis | |
| Posted by:DooDahMan |
| #12 Take it up with the Big Guy over in the WH. He opened the friggin border. Just more grounds for impeachment. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2022-07-19 23:02 |
| #11 NN2N1 introduced the LSD acronym for Democratic party politicians, Tyranysaurus Jones4656. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-07-19 23:01 |
| #10 Some of us have a different wording but yeah, that's the gist. I don't want to get sinktrapped though. |
| Posted by: Silentbrick 2022-07-19 22:20 |
| #9 #6 LSD? Exactly what does this mean? I only see it used here. Posted by Tyranysaurus Jones4656 Liberal Socialist Democrat |
| Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance 2022-07-19 21:23 |
| #8 Decry me a river. |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2022-07-19 14:52 |
| #7 Immigrants bussed from Texas and Arizona welcome in nation's capital, say residents |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2022-07-19 14:09 |
| #6 LSD? Exactly what does this mean? I only see it used here. |
| Posted by: Tyranysaurus Jones4656 2022-07-19 14:08 |
| #5 Suck it up buttercup, you expect the rest of us too. |
| Posted by: Chris 2022-07-19 11:39 |
| #4 92% of illegal immigrants do not show up for their hearing. |
| Posted by: Elmavitch Unusolet5188 2022-07-19 10:11 |
| #3 The GOLDEN RULE wins. So are any of the illegals sleeping on the Congressional House steps or panhandling LSD's for $$$$$ yet? Has there been an increase in certain problems that are normally associated with massive influx of Illegals to a given area? Also noting "...provided a grant to a local organization that is providing services to folks..." Anyone tracking the % of $$$ that it gets to the Illegals, vs. the % of $$$$ deemed an Admin fee, routed back to LSD pockets & campaign funds? |
| Posted by: NN2N1 2022-07-19 09:24 |
| #2 They never for once pause and think "if I do this to others what if they do it to me". |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-07-19 08:28 |
| #1 I would like to see a picture of the bus unloading right on top of her Black Lives Matter street art. |
| Posted by: Airandee 2022-07-19 06:28 |