Republican governors are escalating their tactic of sending migrants to Democratic strongholds without advance warning.
By RODRIQUE NGOWI, Associated Press EDGARTOWN, Mass. — Republican governors are escalating their partisan tactic of sending migrants to Democratic strongholds without advance warning, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the home of Vice President Kamala Harris, to taunt leaders of immigrant-friendly"sanctuary" cities and stoke opposition to Biden administration border policies.
Elizabeth Folcarelli, chief executive of the nonprofit Martha's Vineyard Community Services, was wrapping up work when she saw 48 Venezuelans with luggage and backpacks approach her office. They carried red folders with brochures for her organization. The president of the League of United Latin American Citizens, Domingo Garcia, said that some of the migrants sent on buses from Texas to Washington, D.C. were"tricked" — an allegation that The Associated Press has not confirmed and that officials in Texas and Arizona have denied.
The two buses of migrants from Texas that arrived early Thursday outside Harris' residence at the United States Naval Observatory carried more than 100 migrants from Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela. Without mentioning DeSantis or Abbot by name, Newsom suggested the federal government could bring charges of kidnapping and"civil rights conspiracy" because the migrants were targeted because of their national origin.
Abbott has bused 7,900 migrants to Washington since April, later sending 2,200 to New York and 300 to Chicago. Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey has bused more than 1,800 migrants to Washington since May. Passengers must sign waivers that the free trips are voluntary.
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