The White House on Thursday accused Republican governors of using illegal immigrants as a “political pawn” as Washington, D.C., strains from scores of illegal immigrants being bused in from red border states.
Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser requested National Guard assistance to manage the more than 4,000 migrants she says have been bused to the city from Texas and Arizona.
In a July 22 letter to the White House, Ms. Bowser said the flood of migrants was a result of “cruel political gamesmanship” by Republican Govs, Greg Abbot and Doug Ducey, of Texas and Arizona respectively.
“Our ability to assist people in need at this scale is very limited.