Press secretary Jen Psaki was asked during her daily briefing about the administration’s preparations to find immigrant accommodation after Abbott announced the initiative in response to the planned removal of the public health authority Title 42 next month. “I do not know what principle the governor will do under this. I think it is quite clear that this is a publicity stunt,” Psaki said in response to a question from Fox News’ Peter Doice. “His own office admits that an immigrant should be relocated voluntarily and then cannot force him or her because — again, the enforcement of our country’s immigration laws is up to the federal government, not a state.” she continued. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention adopted the health mandate in March 2020 at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Immigrants from Central and South America board a U.S. Customs and Border Protection bus after passing through Rome, Texas. Adrees Latif / REUTERS White House spokeswoman Jen Psaki called Abbott’s plan a “publicity stunt.” Susan Walsh / APAbbott announced the plan in response to Biden’s decision to end the title 42. Joel Martinez / The Monitor / AP It has allowed border officials to deport nearly 2 million immigrants trying to enter the United States without hearing asylum requests. However, Duchess noted that Republican lawmakers estimate that up to 18,000 immigrants a day could cross the border – up from the current estimate of 8,000 a day – once the mandate is revoked. On Wednesday, Abbott announced that he had instructed the Texas Department of Public Safety to begin stopping and inspecting commercial vehicles to look for illegal immigrants who may be crossing the southern border illegally. Once assembled, the governor promised to put them on chartered buses and send them to Washington. “President Biden refuses to come to the southern border to see the chaos he has created. So, we bring him the borders “, Abbott said on Twitter on Thursday, linking to an interview he gave to Fox News. “Texas will transport illegal immigrants to the US Capitol,” he added. , Abbott said he had to act because the Biden government’s policies would allow thousands of migrants to cross the border in a wave that would flood local communities across the Lone Star state. “We are sending them to the capital of the United States, where the Biden government will be able to more directly address the needs of the people who allow them to cross our borders,” Abbott said.
