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 Texas and Arizona.
— 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 Texas and Arizona.
, in response to President Joe Biden's decision to lift a pandemic-era emergency health order that restricted migrant entry numbers. 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.
"We know we have a federal issue that demands a federal response," Bowser said at a July 18 press conference.
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