Migrants sent by Texas to Washington move to other cities

WASHINGTON, April 14 (EFE) – The vast majority of undocumented immigrants sent by Texas Gov. Republican Greg Abbott to Washington have already reunited with relatives in Florida and New York, they said on Thursday. Migrant Aid Organizations.

In the last few hours, two buses have arrived in the U.S. capital, with 23 and 14 people on board, mostly from Venezuela and Nicaragua, hired by the Texas government in response to Joe Biden’s government’s immigration policy.

Various NGOs, such as Casa or Caresen, explained at a news conference that the migrants spent very few hours in Washington because they coordinated with relatives and acquaintances in other parts of the country, mainly Florida and New York.

In any case, and given that Texas will be renting new buses, activists have sent a “welcome” message to migrants who want to stay in Washington.

“Our community is ready to accept the migrants that the Texas government wants to send us. “We are an open city and we have the support of the local government,” said Abel Nunez, director of Carecen, in front of Union Station in Washington, DC, where two buses arrived a few hours ago.

Activists also demanded that the Texas Abbott government coordinate their delivery of new buses to better care for migrants.

Last week, the Texas governor, who is seeking re-election next November, threatened to send buses full of undocumented immigrants to Washington to cancel the title in May 42 in response to the Biden administration’s decision, for which he was expelled directly from the country. Unfounded under the pretext of the Covid-19 pandemic.

The people sent to Washington were detained by a border patrol at the Texas border where they reviewed asylum applications so they could move freely within U.S. territory until their situation was resolved.

NGOs are convinced that migrants voluntarily boarded buses rented by Texas, as otherwise the state government could be accused of human trafficking.

White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki on Wednesday called Abbott’s maneuver a “public trick” and stressed that these migrants “have free travel” in the country because they are “under immigration procedures.”

The Biden government has said it is “prepared” for a possible increase in the number of undocumented immigrants arriving at the border when title 42 is removed by the end of May and maintains the “do not come” message it has. Migrants were released several times.

NGOs reminded Biden on Thursday of his election promise to approve immigration reform to regulate millions of free immigrants in the United States, and confirmed that the moment is “now” before the November midterm elections, where Democrats could be defeated. His majority in Congress.