The White House says a politically motivated 'stunt' led to migrants being bused in subfreezing temperatures to Washington, D.C.
Temperatures in Washington on Saturday night were in the teens, according to the National Weather Service.
It wasn't clear who had transported the migrants. But Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, both Republicans,to Democratic-led areas of the country in protest of federal immigration policies, they have said. Tatiana Laborde, managing director of the nonprofit SAMU First Response, which assists migrants making asylum claims in the U.S.,that her group brought the migrants to a local church and provided them meals. Laborde estimated that the buses carried approximately 120 migrants, including children.
The Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network also worked with the migrants as they arrived Saturday, according to WJLA. Buses full of asylum seekers from Texas were dropped off at the residence of Vice President Kamala Harris, Dec. 24, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
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