Pentagon officials have denied DC Mayor Muriel Bowser’s plea for help to deal with thousands of migrants that Texas Governor Greg Abbott has bussed up from the border to her sanctuary city.
On Friday, the Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin refused the request, saying troop ‘readiness’ may be affected if the National Guard were to divert its members to the city to help deal with the 6,200 illegal immigrants dumped on its streets.
He also declined to provide the DC Armory to the city to assist with the reception of migrants to the city, claiming that the Department of Defense has determined that FEMA’s Emergency Food and Shelter Program has sufficient funds ‘at this point to provide migrant assistance.’
Bowser now says her office will submit a more specific request for federal assistance.
Last month, she requested that the federal National Guard deploy 150 members each day to deal with the crisis, and create a ‘suitable federal location’ for a mass housing and processing center — suggesting the DC Armory as a potential location.
She spoke after Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey shipped thousands of illegal immigrants to the nation’s capitol to spread out the burden of a surge in illegal immigration since the president decided to lift a pandemic-era emergency health order that restricted migration on the southern border.
Since April, the Associated Press reports, Abbott has sent at least 5,200 migrants to DC, while Ducey has sent more than 1,000 migrants since May.
Those illegal immigrants often arrive in DC without resources and a place to go, DC Mayor Muriel Bowser has said, and is straining the city’s ability to deal with its own homeless residents.
Isn’t it nice when Democrats operate ABOVE THE LAW & have OPEN BORDER !!!!!!
Of course the Sec Def wasn’t going to allow this….that would open the door for Chitown, Philly, Baltimore, Oakland, LA, Detroit, NYC and so many others to come screaming for help. (The same defund folks).
Plus the Sec Def must decide if he is going to let go active military and national guard personnel who are not fully vaccinated.
Those cities and others need to get fix their houses – until then, they will continue to be dumping grounds and cesspools.
DC on the other hand has been slowly using gentrification to eliminate the element. Baltimore, Detroit too over the many years by not rebuilding. All under Donkey rule!