A second bus carrying illegal immigrants from Texas arrived Monday in Philadelphia, with city officials accusing Gov. Abbott of using migrants as pawns.
Migrants sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott arrive near 30th Street Station Wednesday morning in Philadelphia. Abbott has sent the buses to Democratic-led cities as a way to maximize exposure over what he says is inaction by the Biden administration over high numbers of migrants crossing on the southern border.
The latest transport comes as Abbott is escalating Operation Lone Star, his border security initiative. Last week, he instructed the Texas Military Department and Texas Department of Public Safety to use"all available strategies and tools" to respond to the"border crisis created by President Biden," a spokesperson told Fox News Digital.
"Since March 2021, the Operation Lone Star partners have undertaken unprecedented border security efforts that include arresting human and drug traffickers and others in violation of Texas law, as well as seizing enough deadly fentanyl to kill every man, woman, and child in America," Abbott spokesperson, Kim Carmichael, said."These actions have been necessary because of President Biden’s continued dereliction of duty enforcing our nation’s immigration laws.
"Sadly, racism and human cruelty have historically been intertwined in how immigrants are received by and within this country, something the previous presidential administration openly and actively encouraged," Kenney said, upon the arrival of the
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