Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced on Wednesday that the state will send migrants from border cities to the U.S. Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. on charter buses for President Joe Biden and his administration to handle.
"To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigrants who are being dropped off by the Biden administration, Texas is providing charter buses to send these illegal immigrants who have been dropped off by the Biden administration to Washington D.C.," Abbott said.
"We are sending them to the United States Capitol where the Biden administration will be able to more immediately address the needs of the people that they are allowing to come across our border."
Gov. Abbott's announcement comes after he issued a statement last week on April 1 in response to the Biden administration ending Title 42 expulsions, which is expected to be done by May 23.
"President Biden's open-border policies are an unmitigated disaster for national security," Gov. Abbot said in the statement. "His recklessness has forced the State of Texas to take unprecedented steps to fill the gaps—including deploying Texas Department of Public Safety troopers and over 10,000 Texas National Guard soldiers, jailing illegal immigrants who are charged with trespassing, and becoming the first state ever to build a wall to secure the border."
Abbott went on to say that by ending Title 42 expulsions it sends a message to migrants and cartels that the southern border is "now wide open."
Title 42 allowed authorities to remove people who have been in a country where a contagious disease was present. Former President Donald Trump's administration used the order to block entry for migrants during the COVID-19 pandemic, and it was continued by the Biden administration.
"Ending Title 42 expulsions will signal to cartels and migrants alike that our southern border is now wide open—inciting even more violence, more trafficking, and more lawlessness," Gov. Abbott's statement said.
"President Biden clearly has no intention to secure the border by faithfully executing Congress’ command to detain and deport illegal immigrants. His actions will only further endanger Texans, and the State of Texas must take even more unprecedented action to keep our communities safe by using any and all constitutional powers to protect its own territory."
Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd added on Wednesday that there will be over 900 buses for the operation to send migrants to Washington, D.C., according to The Texas Tribune.
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