Greg Abbott also said the state will create boat blockades on the Rio Grande to deter migrants and install concertina wire in low-river crossings that are high-traffic areas. Story by TexasTribune.
Asylum-seekers get off a bus in front of McAllen's Catholic Charities Humanitarian Respite Center in August.As federal officials brace for an increase of thousands more migrants at an already busy southern border, Gov. said Wednesday that Texas will provide charter buses to border communities so migrants can be sent to Washington, D.C., where the Biden administration can better deal with them.
Texas Division of Emergency Management Chief Nim Kidd, who will oversee the busing program, said the state will have over 900 buses for this operation and Abbott said the first drop-off would be at the U.S. Capitol. Without it, federal officials say, they expect to draw thousands more migrants to the southwestern border every day, in addition to the already large numbers of people trying to enter from Latin America and other places across the globe.
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