DC requests National Guard help with busloads of migrants
The crisis began in spring when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced plans to send busloads of migrants to Washington, D.C.
WASHINGTON: The District of Columbia has requested National Guard assistance to help stem a “growing humanitarian crisis” prompted by thousands of migrants that have been sent to Washington by a pair of southern states.
Mayor Muriel Bowser formally asked the White House last week for an open-ended deployment of 150 National Guard members per day as well as “suitable federal location” for a mass housing and processing center, mentioning the D.C. Armory as a logical candidate. She met on July 21 with Liz Sherwood-Randall, assistant to the president for homeland security, and Julie Chavez Rodriguez, director of the White House Office of Intergovernmental Affairs.The crisis began in spring when Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey announced plans to send busloads of migrants to Washington, D.C., in response to President Joe Biden’s decision to lift a pandemic-era emergency health order that restricted migrant entry numbers.
Since then the city estimates that nearly 200 buses have arrived, delivering more than 4,000 migrants to Union Station, often with no resources and no clue what to do next.
A coalition of local charitable groups has been working to feed and shelter the migrants, aided by a $1 million grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency. But organizers have been warning that both their resources and personnel were nearing exhaustion.
“This reliance on NGOs is not working and is unsustainable — they are overwhelmed and underfunded,” Bowser said in her letter. She has repeatedly stated that the influx was stressing her government’s ability to care for its own homeless residents and required intervention from Biden’s government.
“We know we have a federal issue that demands a federal response,” Bowser said at a July 18 press conference.
In her letter, Bowser harshly criticizes Abbott and Ducey, accusing them of “cruel political gamesmanship” and saying the pair had “decided to use desperate people to score political points.”
Bowser does not have the authority to personally order a National Guard deployment, an issue that has become emotionally charged in recent years as a symbol of the district’s entrenched status as less than a state.
Her limited authority played a role in the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the Capitol building by supporters of former President Donald Trump. When it became clear that the US Capitol Police were overmatched by the crowds, Bowser couldn’t immediately deploy the district guard. Instead, crucial time was lost while the request was considered inside the Pentagon, and protesters rampaged through the building.
https://www.arabnews.com/node/2131761/world
Surge-the-Border Joe hasn't commented, apparently.
Abbot and Ducey are doing the right thing here. Joe Biden, Kamala Harris, and the rest of Washington created this problem. It's best to move the problem to Washington, so Washington can deal with it.
The governors need to increase the pressure. About 100 busloads of "migrants" need to be dumped in Washington, D.C. daily. Meaning, the governors need about 600 or 700 buses at their disposal, more if they can get them.
It would be even better if some buses could be diverted to Sleepy Creepy Joe's "home town" of Wilmington, Delaware. Busloads could also be diverted to the hometowns of all the other creepy liberal politicians who refuse to address the border crisis.
There's no reason the southern border states should be absorbing millions of invaders, while Washington and it's various parasites get a free ride!
Operation Wetback took place before I was even born. I'm an old man now. Meaning, two generations of congress critter parasites have been kicking the can down the road. It is long past time for Washington to understand the tragic consequences of their inaction.
Shut the fucking border down! Get control of the drug smuggling, the human trafficking, and all the rest of the human misery flowing across the border.
If some of those illegals rape and kill a congress critter's daughter, instead of some unknown woman in Texas, or Colorado, or New Mexico, how long do you think it would take to get things under control? No one cares about an unknown 9 year old girl being raped by an illegal alien in Ohio, until that girl can be used for political gain, right?
EDIT: Vidya here of the White House Spokesbimbo evading questions on the subject: https://redstate.com/nick-arama/2022/07/28/peter-doocy-exposes-wh-hypocrisy-about-illegal-aliens-overrunning-dc-n603347
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2022, @11:03PM (7 children)
ICFI/SEP/IWA-RFC:
Grand jury hears testimony on Trump role in “fake electors” scheme [wsws.org]
Will Lehman is nominated to run for UAW president [wsws.org]
On last day of convention, UAW delegates rescind strike pay increase [wsws.org]
Dozens of women allege Indiana corrections officers, police did nothing as they were assaulted and raped [wsws.org]
Fed lifts interest rate in the face of growing signs of economic slowdown [wsws.org]
Biden’s infection and the horrific reality of “forever COVID” [wsws.org]
As monkeypox spreads through universities, US government refuses to act [wsws.org]
Comrade Wije Dias: A fighter for Trotskyism (August 27, 1941 – July 27, 2022) [wsws.org]
(Score: -1, Troll) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2022, @11:13PM (5 children)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 29 2022, @11:37PM
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2022, @01:44AM (3 children)
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2022, @02:38AM (1 child)
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Did they run out of ideas for street names or something, or is that like CRs in Indiana?
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday July 30 2022, @08:23PM
ICFI/SEP/IWA-RFC update: Following nomination for UAW president, Will Lehman appeals for support: “We can’t fight for what we need without organizing ourselves” [wsws.org]
Circle of protection: spam. The nomination of Will Lehman for UAW president is a significant victory for workers everywhere, including myself and the Runaway, whether he recognizes it or not. Runaway deserves to be informed.