After Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) argued on Sunday that officials in Texas were "tricking" asylum-seekers into getting on buses bound for the nation's capital, Paxton was asked to reply. He said the responsibility should be placed on the Biden administration.
"Mayor Bowser should direct her frustration to her friends in the Biden administration for their complete and utter refusal to secure our border and enforce our immigration laws," Paxton told the Washington Examiner. "The illegal immigrants who are coming to Washington, D.C., are doing so voluntarily — largely because of Muriel Bowser’s own previous actions affirming Washington, D.C., as a 'sanctuary city.' As they’ve done with inflation and a whole host of other issues, Democrat-elected officials in Washington, city and federal, refuse to acknowledge the consequences of their radical policies."
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More than 150 buses crossing from Arizona and Texas have transported thousands of migrants to the nation’s capital over the past three months, the Washington Examiner's Anna Giaritelli reported on Monday. Bowser stated in 2016 reaffirming that Washington is a sanctuary city.
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"The values, laws, and policies of Washington, DC did not change on Election Day. We celebrate our diversity and respect all DC residents no matter their immigration status. We are a sanctuary city because we know that our neighborhoods are safer and stronger when no one is afraid to call on our government for help, and when our police can focus on protecting and serving," Bowser said in a statement.
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During a Face the Nation interview on Sunday, Bowser said she felt the influx resulted in the Republican-led states misleading migrants who were originally bound for other places in the country. She said this wave of migrants only worsened the homelessness crisis in the city, leaving several organizations scrambling as shelters fill up.
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“This is a very significant issue. We have called on the federal government to work across state lines to prevent people from really being tricked into getting on buses. We think they’re largely asylum-seekers or going to final destinations that are not Washington, D.C.,” Bowser told CBS News. “But I fear that they’re being tricked into nationwide bus trips when their final destinations are places all over the United States.”
Several migrants have backed the assertion, claiming they were told they would be sent to other places in the country after stopping in Washington if they boarded the bus, but the promised transportation to other cities never came.
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