On Friday, the Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin denied the request, stating troop "readiness" may be affected if the National Guard were to divert its members to the city to assist and deal with the 6,200 illegal immigrants dumped on its streets.
He further refused to provide the DC Armory to the city to assist with the reception of migrants to the city, arguing that the Department of Defense has determined that FEMA's Emergency Food and Shelter Program has sufficient funds "at this point to provide migrant assistance."
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Bowser now states her office will submit a more specific request for federal assistance.
Last month, she asked that the federal National Guard deploy 150 members each day to deal with the disaster, and create a "suitable federal location" for a mass housing and processing center — proposing the DC Armory as a potential location.
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She talked after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey shipped thousands of illegal immigrants to the country's capitol to spread out the burden of a surge in illegal immigration since the president chose to lift a pandemic-era emergency health order that restricted migration on the southern border.
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Since April, the Associated Press reports, Abbott has sent no less 5,200 migrants to DC, while Ducey has sent over 1,000 migrants since May.
Those illegal immigrants often arrive in DC without resources and a place to go, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has announced, and is straining the city's ability to deal with its own homeless residents.
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Bowser declared in a news conference on Friday that the city intends to resubmit "a more specified request for help" as they continue to work toward making the Armory a processing center.
The mayor further rejected the two Republican governors' claims that the migrant journeys are voluntary, and are part of an effort to reunite families in the United States.
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Rather, she announced, the migrants are being "tricked," as many do not get close enough to their ultimate destination and are being ditched at Union Station near the US Capitol and the White House.
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She then accused the two Republican governors of "cruel political gamesmanship" and said they had "decided to use desperate people to score political points."
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"We want to continue to work with the Department of Defense so they understand our operational needs and to assure that political considerations are not a part of their decision," Bowser announced.
'We need the National Guard," Bowser continued. "If we were a state, I would have already done it."
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