Greg Abbott

A busload of migrants arrived outside the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris from Texas on Christmas Eve.

"Worthless [Governor Abbott] dropping off people with no money and no means on Christmas Eve in 15 degree weather near the VP's residence," he tweeted. "Dropping off migrants in 18 degree weather is so cruel that it ought to be criminal." Anybody willing to be this mean to people doesn't belong in office," Castro wrote. According [to CNN reporter Noah Gray](https://twitter.com/NoahGrayCNN/status/1606850219341414401?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1606850219341414401%7Ctwgr%5E242ac2c58b16dd8e2adb6ef1863199f6fee23199%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fd-19267949761070758489.ampproject.net%2F2211302304002%2Fframe.html), the people onboard, including children, claimed to have traveled for two days from Texas. Though it is known that the migrants arrived from Texas, it has not yet been confirmed that they were sent specifically by Abbott, though this has been the case in the past. [Vice President Kamala Harris](https://www.newsweek.com/buses-migrants-appear-outside-kamala-harris-house-greg-abbott-1743247).

Several busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve in 18 degree weather ...

He previously confirmed in September that his state had sent the buses to Harris’ residence [at that time](https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/30/politics/texas-migrant-busing-cost-abbott-washington-dc-new-york/index.html). It was Amy Fischer, a volunteer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network. CNN has reached out to Abbott’s office for comment on the latest arrivals. Greg Abbott had sent buses of migrants north, “The DC community has been welcoming buses from Texas anytime they’ve come since April. An initial two busloads were taken to local shelters, according to an administration official.

Three buses of Central and South American migrants arrived to the vice-president's home from Texas.

The border agency reported that of 204,000 “unique encounters”, 35% were from Cuba and Nicaragua. Days before Title 42 was due to expire, the border city of El Paso, Texas, declared a state of emergency after migrant numbers surged. Last week, the US supreme court temporarily suspended the expiration of the policy empowering border officials to turn away asylum seekers on public health grounds. Florida’s governor Ron DeSantis and Arizona’s governor Doug Ducey have also transported migrants to cities that are run by Democrats. “You and your administration must stop the lie that the border is secure and instead immediately deploy federal assets to address the dire problems you have caused,” Abbott wrote in a [Biden administration](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/biden-administration) to step up immigration controls at the US border with Mexico.

Three buses coming from Texas dropped off about 140 recent migrants — including babies and young children — near Vice President Kamala Harris' residence in ...

Ron DeSantis](https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/meetthepressblog/texas-ariz-governors-bussed-16000-migrants-north-rcna61270) sought to use the tactic to call attention to what they say are the Biden administration’s failed border policies. Madhvi Bahl, an organizer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, confirmed the arrival of the migrants on Saturday to NBC News. The group is also helping many of the arrivals find transportation to reach their final destinations. [Busloads of migrants ](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/governors-set-sights-2024-buses-migrants-caught-middle-rcna47964)began arriving in liberal strongholds without warning earlier this year as [Abbott, Arizona Gov. Greg Abbott — of busing migrants to liberal strongholds like New York, Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. [scrambling](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/sanctuary-cities-are-straining-support-thousands-migrants-arriving-bus-rcna48570) to provide support services to them.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott appears to have celebrated Christmas this weekend by ensuring that three busloads of migrants would be left in the cold outside ...

The three busloads of migrants were reportedly dropped off in front of the Naval Observatory, home to the vice president. “Worthless @GovAbbott dropping off people with no money and no means on Christmas Eve in 15 degree weather near the VP’s residence. [Ron DeSantis](/topic/ron-desantis), to use confused migrants and lure them onto buses to take them to areas that will attract media attention under the promise of aid being provided once they arrive.

It appears to be the latest action in an escalating battle between some state governors, and the federal government, over immigration policy.

](https://gov.texas.gov/uploads/files/press/BidenJoseph_12.20.22.pdf)"These communities and the state are ill-equipped to do the job assigned to the federal government – house the thousands of migrants flooding into the country every day. With perilous temperatures moving into the area, many of these migrants are at risk of freezing to death on city streets." from Texas arriving, with Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network taking them to a church:— Christian Flores (@CFloresNews) A total of three busloads of migrants arrived at the Naval Observatory, where Harris lives, on Saturday evening. [after the Biden administration attempted to lift a pandemic-era policy that let the U.S. [in a letter to the president on Dec.

"Being a heartless POS isn't going to make you the next Republican president," Rep. Joaquin Castro said.

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." "The D.C. Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network." [deployed](https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/20/texas-border-migrants-national-guard-troopers-blockade/) hundreds of National Guard troops and state police to the Mexican border in service of what the advocacy group Border Network for Human Rights [called](https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/12/21/human-rights-group-condemns-republican-gov-further-militarizing-texas-mexico-border) a "racist, anti-refugee, xenophobic agenda." Christmas Eve and freezing cold weather is no different," she said. While it is not known who ordered the migrants bussed to the capital, advocates pointed fingers at Abbott. "This is who they are. Don't forget that." [tweeted](https://twitter.com/jennaudrey/status/1606908081975197696) that "the only reason these families were outside so briefly is because of the work of the D.C. Naval Observatory in the nation's capital. Ron DeSantis of Florida and Doug Ducey of Arizona—have bussed more than 10,000 migrants to Democratic-led cities since April to protest what they falsely call the Biden administration's "open border" immigration policies. [According to](https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/24/politics/migrants-dropped-off-vice-president-christmas-eve/index.html) reports, some of the asylum-seekers were wearing only t-shirts and shorts as the mercury dropped to 18°F (-8°C) on Saturday.

Greg Abbott and other Republican leaders are seeking to increase pressure on the federal government over immigration policy in the grip of a cold snap and ...

Faced with this double housing crisis, the New York City Council has asked churches, temples and synagogues for help in accommodating asylum seekers to “guarantee a space with bathroom and kitchen where a family or single individuals can sleep at night or live temporarily.” However, New York’s efforts to respond to the influx of migrants have not managed to prevent tragedies. At the beginning of October, Adams declared a state of emergency due to the massive influx of migrants. [huge winter storm ](https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-12-24/severe-winter-storm-brings-life-threatening-conditions-to-us-and-canada.html)that battered the US from the Great Lakes to the Rio Grande over the weekend, migrants also face further uncertainty at the border while the [fate of Title 42 ](https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-09-07/asylum-denied-the-end-of-an-american-dream.html)is decided in the Supreme Court. The city’s mayor, Democrat Eric Adams, has asked for material help from the federal government to respond to the emergency, which may become untenable if the Supreme Court puts a definitive end to Title 42. These Democratic cities, chief among them DC, Chicago and New York, face another issue that is increasing in scale and being exacerbated by the extreme cold: despite defining themselves as safe havens for migrants, simultaneously they are struggling to provide help to the thousands of homeless people - many of them with mental health issues - living on their streets. The few arrivals who had been housed there were transferred to a repurposed hotel in downtown Manhattan. They were later transferred to a church in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, according to sources from the NGO SAMU First Response as quoted by Reuters. Last week, nine buses were sent from the US border to Washington, containing mostly Ecuadorian and Colombian migrants, according to SAMU First Response. When these reached the border, they were informed of the plan to send them to Washington by volunteers, despite improvised shelters having been set up in the area to receive them. The Donald Trump-era legislation was enacted during the coronavirus pandemic and gives US authorities the power to expel or prevent the entry of people who have recently been in a country where a communicable disease was present – in effect, it provides carte blanche for almost automatic deportation. Since last spring, the Texas governor has moved thousands of migrants on from his state, sending them mostly to Washington DC, Chicago and New York. [other Republican governors](https://english.elpais.com/usa/2022-09-16/immigration-war-intensifies-in-the-us-florida-flies-dozens-of-venezuelans-to-marthas-vineyard.html) have employed this method – a political fait accompli – to send thousands of migrants to Democrat-led cities that describe themselves as refuges for immigrants.

The Texas governor quoted a Bible verse after allegedly being behind stunt in which asylum seekers were dropped off near Kamala Harris' home.

[added](https://twitter.com/michael_asbell/status/1607234177661046787): "I'm just now catching up on the story of Gov. While Abbott has not claimed responsibility for the migrants being sent to D.C. [CNN](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/cnn), the buses of asylum seekers from countries such as Ecuador, Cuba and Venezuela were supposed to go to New York but were diverted to D.C. "It really does show the cruelty behind Gov. At least the inn keeper let them stay in the manger. In response to Abbott's Christmas Day post, Jon B. In fact, it's more like Herod than anything else in the Christmas story. Abbott sending a busload of immigrants to VP Harris's DC home on Christmas Eve. You go against everything he preached. in freezing temperatures. [busloads of migrants were sent to the Washington D.C.](https://www.newsweek.com/greg-abbott-condemned-migrant-kids-bussed-freezing-dc-so-cruel-1769580) home of Vice President [Kamala Harris](https://www.newsweek.com/topic/kamala-harris) on Christmas Eve night. [due to the weather.](https://www.newsweek.com/arctic-blast-dangerous-below-zero-temperatures-these-states-1768512)

The White House on Monday accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of endangering lives after busloads of migrants from the southwest border in Texas were dropped ...

20, Abbott said the state was overburdened with thousands of men, women and children crossing into Texas everyday who risk freezing to death on city streets. Register for free to Reuters and know the full story President Joe Biden is a Democrat. Claudia Tristán, a co-organiser with the same group, told Reuters on Monday that nearly all the migrants dropped near the vice president's home were already on their way to relatives and friends in the United States. Hasan said the Biden administration was willing to work with Democrats and Republicans on solutions to the migrant issue. An estimated 110 to 130 migrants seeking asylum in the United States, many of them families with children, were placed on buses by Texas officials, immigrant aid groups said on Sunday after the migrants arrived in the U.S.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott seemed to take the lead Christmas Eve over Ron DeSantis in the cruelty sweepstakes. He's believed behind the shipment of three ...

We don’t need men like Greg Abbott. “We need less evil in America. He’s believed behind the shipment of three busloads of immigrants from Texas to Washington, D.C.

Texas governor Greg Abbott is facing criticism from Democrats for the late-night drop off of over 100 migrants in freezing temperatures in Washington, D.C., ...

"Texas will continue sending migrants to sanctuary cities like Washington, D.C., until President Biden and Border Czar Harris step up and do their jobs to secure the border." "This terrible crisis for border communities in Texas is a catastrophe of your own making," he wrote. ABBOTT WARNS POLAR VORTEX THREATENS MIGRANTS DUE TO BIDEN’S BORDER ‘DISASTER’](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-gov-abbott-polar-vortex-threatens-migrants-bidens-border-disaster) [President Biden](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/joe-biden) on Tuesday, the Texas governor cited freezing temperatures in cities like El Paso as his reason to transport the migrants as migrant housing facilities already at capacity have been forced to release people outside onto the streets. "Your policies will leave many people in the bitter, dangerous cold as a polar vortex moves into Texas," Abbott wrote. "The need to address this crisis is not the job of border states like Texas. President, to defend the borders of our country, regulate our nation’s immigration, and manage those who seek refuge here," he added. This was a cruel, dangerous, and shameful stunt," said White House spokesperson Abdullah Hasan in a statement. [White House has repeatedly claimed](https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-claims-biden-done-work-border-despite-historic-migrant-crisis) that the southern border is secure, even as border states brace for the ending of Title 42 which would add to the already record-setting migrant surge across the border this year. The people on board included young children. Congressman Ritchie Torres, D-N.Y also stated in a tweet, "Governor Abbott claims to be a "pro-life Christian" yet shows no regard for the lives of children left shivering in the freezing cold on Christmas Eve." Abbott told President Biden the border is a 'catastrophe' for which Biden is solely responsible