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babylonsister

(172,761 posts)
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 12:47 PM Sep 2022

Texas Dumps Two Busloads of Migrants in Front of Kamala Harris' D.C. Residence



Texas Dumps Two Busloads of Migrants in Front of Kamala Harris’ D.C. Residence
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Thursday’s stunt was just the latest from Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis, who have shipped migrants north and flagged conservative media outlets before alerting arrival cities.
Josh Fiallo
Breaking News Reporter
Zachary Petrizzo
Politics Reporter
Updated Sep. 15, 2022 12:25PM ET / Published Sep. 15, 2022 12:02PM ET


Florida and Texas’ plan to transport migrants to “leftist” cities culminated in a pair of cruel publicity stunts in a 12-hour span this week, after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ordered two busloads to be dropped off outside the official residence of Vice President Kamala Harris.

The buses that arrived in Washington, D.C. on Thursday morning carried about 100 migrants, Fox News reported, most of whom were nationals from Venezuela, Uruguay, Colombia and Mexico.

Video circulating online from the the scene showed the group of young men, women and children carrying backpacks, pillows and blankets as they chatted outside Harris’ residence with nowhere to go initially.

As word spread of their arrival, however, local immigrant organizations sprung into action. A representative from a charity called Sanctuary DMV came later in the morning and announced that the migrants could temporarily be sheltered at a local church.

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Texas Dumps Two Busloads of Migrants in Front of Kamala Harris' D.C. Residence (Original Post) babylonsister Sep 2022 OP
Republicans are horrible, nasty people AllyCat Sep 2022 #1
And guess what - Fox News was there ready to exploit and ambush underpants Sep 2022 #2
It's a fix, I tells ya! dchill Sep 2022 #4
Mans inhumanity to man... PittBlue Sep 2022 #3
This act of violence needs to be dealt with. Eliot Rosewater Sep 2022 #5
Dehumanization for political points. liberalmuse Sep 2022 #6
Are the immigrants being transported among those who have just entered the USA? Raven123 Sep 2022 #7
Well. Doing it that way puts a spotlight on what they are doing and Srkdqltr Sep 2022 #8
Sure hope that the federal funding for migrants arriving in Texas and sinkingfeeling Sep 2022 #9
If those migrants are undocumented, those transporting them should be arrested and prosecuted. GoCubsGo Sep 2022 #10
What a fucking asshole!!! Initech Sep 2022 #11
Dems need to take these people in and document our kindness Mr. Ected Sep 2022 #12
Each passing day, the GOP makes me Torchlight Sep 2022 #13
Where was the Secret Service? Frasier Balzov Sep 2022 #14
Shouldn't Customs/DHS be investigating? purr-rat beauty Sep 2022 #15
I read this as "two Bush-loads"... ultralite001 Sep 2022 #16

PittBlue

(4,798 posts)
3. Mans inhumanity to man...
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 12:52 PM
Sep 2022

Horrible little white men playing games with human lives. How horrifying.

Eliot Rosewater

(34,285 posts)
5. This act of violence needs to be dealt with.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 12:52 PM
Sep 2022



I wish people would get angry. REAL angry.

I wish liberal billionaires would get together and finance our ability to show up somewhere, like maybe 30 million of us.

Raven123

(7,818 posts)
7. Are the immigrants being transported among those who have just entered the USA?
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:03 PM
Sep 2022

Or are they among those who were already detained?

Srkdqltr

(9,771 posts)
8. Well. Doing it that way puts a spotlight on what they are doing and
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:06 PM
Sep 2022

Insures that the immigrants will get good treatment. The VP and her people will see to it.
Unlike the texas

sinkingfeeling

(57,839 posts)
9. Sure hope that the federal funding for migrants arriving in Texas and
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:07 PM
Sep 2022

Florida is immediately, proportionly, redirected to MV and DC.

GoCubsGo

(34,920 posts)
10. If those migrants are undocumented, those transporting them should be arrested and prosecuted.
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:18 PM
Sep 2022

And, I ain't referring to the guys driving those buses. They are trafficking undocumented people, which is illegal.

Mr. Ected

(9,714 posts)
12. Dems need to take these people in and document our kindness
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:24 PM
Sep 2022

This evil is best met with empathy without politics. These are frightened human beings. Can we allow our country to be synonymous with monsters or can we mute their cruel message with our own showing of compassion? There's an election ahead. Let the American people decide whether they want to align with the angry mob or with the humane, merciful party of the people.

Torchlight

(6,833 posts)
13. Each passing day, the GOP makes me
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:32 PM
Sep 2022

more and more ashamed of this nation and of so many humans.

Jan 6 opened the door of this shame I feel, and every day Conservatives strengthen that shame with their intolerance, their pride in ignorance, and their desire to make this dark, new Dixiecrat party the only law of the nation, only standard of the nation and its only goal.

Frasier Balzov

(5,064 posts)
14. Where was the Secret Service?
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:41 PM
Sep 2022

Get the vehicle identifying numbers and have a talk with the operator.

purr-rat beauty

(1,259 posts)
15. Shouldn't Customs/DHS be investigating?
Thu Sep 15, 2022, 01:45 PM
Sep 2022

This is human traffickig no matter which way it is painted

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