Bob Price 6 Apr 2022
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced orders Wednesday for state officials to charter buses to transport migrants to Washington, D.C. in response to the Biden Administration’s plans to end the Title 42 coronavirus protection protocol and begin large-scale mass releases.
Governor Abbott ordered the Texas Division of Emergency Management to prepare to use buses to transport migrants released by the Biden administration to Washington, D.C.
“To help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed by hordes of illegal immigration 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.,” Governor Abbott said during a press conference on Wednesday afternoon in Weslaco, Texas. The governor said the first drop off location will be the U.S. Capitol steps in the nation’s capital.
“We are taking 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,” the governor added. The governor signed the letter to TDEM Chief Nim Kid ordering the action.
“Texans have a backbone and the will to secure our border,” Abbott stated. “Two things that Joe Biden does not have.”
The governor said the Biden administration and their NGO partners are already putting migrants on buses and taking them to San Antonio.
“I’ve got a better idea,” he explained. “Instead of busing these people to San Antonio, let’s continue the ride — all the way to Washington, D.C.”
Breitbart Texas first reported the administration’s plans to end the Title 42 program put in place by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention during the Trump administration. The move is expected to bring a massive spike in the already record-setting number of migrants illegally crossing the border from Mexico into the United States.
Texas Congressman Michael McCaul (R-TX) told Fox News on Wednesday that the administration is anticipating approximately a half-million migrants to cross the border in the weeks following the end of Title 42.
“They’re talking about 500,000 in the next five weeks,” McCaul told Fox News. “That would be 100,000 people per week coming into the country. We don’t know who they are.”
Most released migrants are being let go with no Notice to Appear or court date under a program called Alternative to Detention. Officials disclosed in a DHS Southwest Border Mass Irregular Migration Contingency Plan first reported by Breitbart Texas’ Randy Clark that they would expand the ATD program while admitting “there is no evidence that a higher percentage of noncitizens will report for removal proceedings in the future if released, regardless of how expeditiously they are processed.”
In the Critical Assumptions section of the plan, officials stated:
Current pathways to removal will be limited. Component use of broadscale release mechanisms (i.e., Own Recognizance (OR) with issuance of a Notice to Appear (NTA), or parole and Alternatives to Detention (ATD) with administrative tools are necessary to ensure humane and efficient treatment of migrants.
The footnote for this section clarifies that officials believe the traditional screening processes will become overwhelmed and DHS will focus on “increasing broadscale release techniques.”
Abbott’s response will be to offer as many of those released into Texas a bus ride to the nation’s capital.
Below is a copy of the DHS Southwest Border Mass Irregular Migration Contingency Plan draft.
Southwest Border Mass Irreg… by BreitbartTexas
Bob Price serves as associate editor and senior news contributor for the Breitbart Texas-Border team. He is an original member of the Breitbart Texas team. Price is a regular panelist on Fox 26 Houston’s What’s Your Point? Sunday-morning talk show. Follow him on Twitter @BobPriceBBTX and Face
GREAT IDEA! JOE & KAMALA, OUR BORDER CZAR, WILL GET ALL THE PUBLICITY THEY DESERVE TO SHOW HOW BRILLIANTLY THEY ARE PROTECTING AMERICAN CITIZENS. IMAGINE THESE PEOPLE WANDERING AROUND ALL THE FOREIGN EMBASSIES, HAVING LUNCH OR ‘WHATEVER’ ON THE GROUNDS OF THE WHITE HOUSE. IF THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF JUSTICE, I APPROVE! NEXT STOP, MARYLAND!
More talk by Abbutt with no action !!! Migrants will be told not to board busses going to D.C. Then what ???
It’s sad that the B person and his unelected administration used and is using illegal people and our country as a dumping ground for evil. We need more governors like DeSantis and Abbot to continue to stand up for the American people and this country! Period!
Since DC is virtually empty there should bet plenty of room to house them all! Looking forward to this! Delaware maybe a good drop off point!
Once again, Abbott didn’t tell whole truth, that is being reported in Texas, IF they want to get on bus then they can. Abbott has promised lot and delivered very little. Year ago he was going to finish wall, hmmmm not done. He kept masks on far to long and allowed judges in different counties to set own guidelines. GOP messed up and had to many candidates running in primary. But have read that Abbott won’t be governor when Trump comes back in the very soon future.