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WASHINGTON, Dec 26 (Reuters) - The White House connected Monday accused Texas Governor Greg Abbott of endangering lives aft busloads of migrants from the southwest borderline successful Texas were dropped adjacent Vice President Kamala Harris' location successful Washington, D.C., connected a acold Christmas Eve.
The Republican Abbott, a vocal professional of Biden medication migration policies, has not acknowledged the Christmas Eve driblet and his bureau has not claimed responsibility. President Joe Biden is simply a Democrat.
An estimated 110 to 130 migrants seeking asylum successful the United States, galore of them families with children, were placed connected buses by Texas officials, migrant assistance groups said connected Sunday aft the migrants arrived successful the U.S. capital.
"Governor Abbott abandoned children connected the broadside of the roadworthy successful beneath freezing temperatures connected Christmas Eve without coordinating with immoderate Federal oregon section authorities," White House spokesperson Abdullah Hasan said successful a statement.
"The governmental games execute thing and lone enactment lives successful danger," Hasan added.
Texas has bused thousands of migrants to Washington, New York City and Chicago, successful what immoderate critics person labeled a stunt amid a nationalist statement implicit the precocious levels of migrant arrivals on the U.S. confederate border.
Abbott has said antecedently his authorities was purposefully busing migrants to sanctuary cities, wherever instrumentality enforcement is discouraged from deporting immigrants.
Hasan said the Biden medication was consenting to enactment with Democrats and Republicans connected solutions to the migrant issue.
Amy Fischer, an organizer with the Migrant Solidarity Mutual Aid Network, told NPR the migrants were instantly transferred onto city-provided buses successful Washington and moved to a religion that distributed blistery nutrient and clothes.
Claudia Tristán, a co-organiser with the aforesaid group, told Reuters connected Monday that astir each the migrants dropped adjacent the vice president's location were already connected their mode to relatives and friends successful the United States.
In a letter to Biden connected Dec. 20, Abbott said the authorities was overburdened with thousands of men, women and children crossing into Texas mundane who hazard freezing to decease connected metropolis streets.
Hidalgo County, Texas, Judge Richard Cortez connected Monday told CNN that localities successful Texas similar his were overwhelmed by the fig of immigrants and could not accommodate them all.
"Busing immigrants retired of this country successful a mode helps us... but it's not a solution to the problem," said Cortez, whose region borders Mexico.
Reporting by Nandita Bose and Kanishka Singh, Additional reporting by Susan Heavey; Editing by Howard Goller
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