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The White is seeking help from the GOP to help address what it called the “cruel political stunt with migrants and families” of Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis.
White House
press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre called the move “cruel” and “shameful” as the
governors continued their busing scheme.
Abbott and
DeSantis have been busing groups of undocumented migrants to cities mostly
governed by Democrats in a bid to register their displeasure with the Biden
administration’s immigration policies.
On Wednesday
DeSantis sent planeloads of illegal migrants to the wealthy Martha’s Vineyard,
a day later Abbott sent busloads of migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’s
home in Washington, D.C.
Asked about
the transportation program, Jean-Pierre said:
"There's
a process in place. We have had a process in place. There's a legal way of
doing this for managing migrants," she responded, according to the
Washington Examiner. "Republican governors interfering in that process,
and using migrants as political pawns is shameful, is reckless, and just plain
wrong. And remember, these are people who are fleeing communism, who are
fleeing hardship."
"They
deserve better than being left on the streets of DC or being left in Martha's
Vineyard, they deserve a lot better than that," she continued. "What
they are doing is an illegal stunt, is a political stunt, and it's really just
disrespectful to humanity."
Jean-Pierre
also referred questions about the administration’s legal recourse to the
Department of Justice but called on other Republicans to join the
administration in “calling out” DeSantis and Abbott, according to the
Washington Examiner.
"How do
we stop this? We call this out," she explained, according to the
Washington Examiner. "Republicans should call this out as well. It is
endangering people's lives, and it is inhumane. It is taking away people's
dignity."
"The
question is, will Republicans call out their colleagues for playing political —
a cruel political game, a cruel political stunt with migrants and families and
children who are fleeing communism?" Jean-Pierre closed. "Let's see
whether Republicans will call this out as well."
Texas and
Arizona have sent thousands of migrants to Washington D.C. and New York after
President Joe Biden announced in April he was suspending former President
Donald Trump’s freeze on immigration along the U.S.- Mexico border to halt the
spread of COVID-19.