When Gov. Greg Abbott announced that his first busload of 30 or so migrants, plucked from the streets of Texas, had reached the nation’s capital last year, he faced a wall of criticism.
announced that his first busload of 30 or so migrants, plucked from the streets of Texas, had reached the nation’s capital last year, he faced a wall of criticism.
“It’s pretty clear it had the desired effect, which was to light a fire under the Democrats to do something about the border,” said Jennie Murray, president and CEO of the National Immigration Forum, said she had some compassion for Texas but warned officials not to forget about the migrants’ situations.
“Increased coordination and additional federal support is needed for local communities receiving migrants and asylum seekers, but in the meantime, local governments, organizations and volunteers have stepped up independently to help these migrants resettle and obtain legal services to navigate their immigration cases,” she said.D.C. officials said they welcomed 66 total buses with 2,566 migrants. Most of them, nearly 88%, indicated they were heading to final destinations outside the District.
Ken Oliver, senior director of Right on Immigration at the Texas Public Policy Foundation, said Mr. Abbott’s campaign brought the realities of the border chaos to places that usually didn’t pay attention.
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