Abbott Back To Shipping Migrants!

Migrants sent near Naval Observatory. Vice President Kamala Harris was not there.

The Department of Justice should immediately crack down on the kidnapping and illegal shipping of migrants to cities in the North. Using humans as pawns in a culture war.

What is going down to the U.S. border for a photo-op gonna do? It won't stop border crossings. It is not going to stop legal or illegal crossings. 

Hell, if you ask me, send them to cities with population decline. 

I am sure Dayton, Toledo, Gary, Flint, Detroit, Harrisburg and Cleveland would love to see a population boom.

White nationalism is dangerous. Damn shame Beto O'Rourke lost. Even with all the money, the passion and backing of many, Texans voted overwhelmingly for a disabled jackass. 

He should be worrying about the Texas energy grid and the 35 million people who could lose their power if it comes crashing down.

Texas governor Greg Abbott shipped migrants to Washington, DC near Vice President Kamala Harris' residence at the Naval Observatory on Christmas Eve.

It was reported that 50 migrants were bussed to Washington and let off with no coats, no food and no family members who could contact them.

The Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network was there to take all three busloads of people to a church, to help provide them with necessary resources and welcome them to the country.

"This is a welcome effort that we've been doing since the first bus arrived," said Amy Fischer, a core organizer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network. "D.C. just continues to show up as a welcoming city that is always ready and willing to open their arms to welcome people, whether it's Christmas Eve, whether it's 9 degrees outside or 90 degrees outside."

The racism and xenophobia from Republicans is ridiculous.

Fischer said this latest drop-off was a political stunt by Abbott, using people as pawns.

“It really does show the cruelty behind Gov. Abbott and his insistence on continuing to bus people here without care about people arriving late at night on Christmas Eve when the weather is so cold. People are getting off the buses, they don’t have coats, they don’t have clothes for this kind of weather, and they’re freezing," Fischer said.

With Title 42, Washed Up 45 declared an emergency halt of border crossings citing the spread of the coronavirus. Yet, in the same breathe, the Republicans want all mandates removed and halted.

President Joe Biden had promised to end the controversial decision as he unofficially declared an end to the pandemic. The Republicans sued and got an emergency hearing at the Supreme Court.

Chief Justice John Roberts granted a temporary stay of Title 42 and will likely expire at the end of the year.

Abbott along with Florida's Ron DeSantis are amping up their migrant drop offs. 

Outgoing Arizona governor Doug Ducey has put an end to the shipping and also will remove shipping containers around Douglas Nogales and Yuma. He could not placed them around reservations due to their sovereignty.

The following statement was released by the Department of Homeland Security earlier Saturday:

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) continues to fully enforce our immigration and public health laws at the border. Individuals and families attempting to enter without authorization are being expelled, as required by court order under the Title 42 public health authority, or placed into removal proceedings. As temperatures remain dangerously low all along the border, no one should put their lives in the hands of smugglers, or risk life and limb attempting to cross only to be returned.

Regardless of nationality, anyone attempting to enter without authorization is subject to expulsion under Title 42. Those who cannot be expelled pursuant to Title 42 may be placed in expedited removal and anyone ordered removed subject to a bar on entry for 5 years under Title 8. Venezuelans attempting to enter the United States between ports of entry also continue to be returned to Mexico, and will be barred from the Venezuela Migration Enforcement Process announced in October.

DHS continues to lead a whole of government strategy to secure the borders and build safe, orderly, and humane immigration processes. There are 23,000 agents and officers working to secure the Southwest border and the United States Government continues to work closely with our partners in Mexico to reinforce coordinated enforcement operations to target human smuggling organizations and bring them to justice. That collaboration includes migration checkpoints, additional resources and personnel, joint targeting of human smuggling organizations, and expanded information sharing related to transit nodes, hotels, stash houses, and staging locations.