On December 24, the governor of the state of Texas (USA) sent three buses with migrants to the city of Washington. Some wore only T-shirts despite temperatures being recorded at -9°C. Several activists provided them with blankets before being taken to a local church for the night.
The White House of the United States accused the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, of risking the lives of a group of migrants by sending them on a bus, on December 24, to Washington and leaving them exposed to low temperatures without proper clothing or clothing. provide them with a shelter upon arrival.
Three buses arrived in the US capital on the night of December 24 and one of them disembarked the migrants outside the house of Kamala Harris, the vice president of the North American country.
According to Tatiana Laborde, general director of Samu First Response, an agency that collaborates with the care of migrants, between 110 and 130 migrants of different nationalities arrived on the 3 buses. At the moment, no official entity has specified the nationalities of the migrants, but it is presumed that there are Venezuelans, Colombians, Cubans and Nicaraguans.
Some of the migrants were wearing only T-shirts despite temperatures registering as low as -9°C, so some activists provided them with blankets before they were taken to a local church for the night. Some migrants told local media that they had been told they had to contact family or friends to receive them.
“Governor Abbott abandoned the children on the side of the road in subzero temperatures on Christmas Eve and without coordinating with any federal or local authorities,” White House spokesman Abdullah Hasan said in a statement.
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“As we have said repeatedly, we are willing to work with anyone, both Republican and Democrat, on real solutions, like comprehensive immigration reform and border security measures that President Biden sent to Congress on his first day in office. , but these types of plays achieve nothing and only put lives in danger,” Hasan continued.
Until now, greg abbott He has not commented on the fact, but last week his government reported that they have managed transfers of more than 15,000 people, since April, to Washington, New York, Chicago and Philadelphia.
With information from VOA and Week
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