White House Press secretary Jen Psaki was fired Texas Governor Greg Abbottrecently announced a plan to put illegal immigrants in his state on a bus and send them to the Capitol in Washington. “I think it’s quite clear that this is a publicity stunt,” Psaki told Fox News’ Peter Dussi at the White House Press Room on Thursday. “I know the governor of Texas, or any state, does not have the legal authority to force anyone on a bus.” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, with his wife Cecilia, right, and Ondrej’s daughter, left, arrives for an election night on Tuesday, March 1, 2022, in Corpus Christi, Texas. (AP Photo / Eric Gay) (AP) REP. HERRELL HOLDS HOSPITAL FOR THE USE OF FOREIGN ASSISTANCE FOR THE RELEASE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, STOP THE IMAGES Caravans Psaki continued, “His own office admits that an immigrant should be relocated voluntarily and can not force him because, again, the enforcement of immigration laws in our country belongs to the federal government and not to a state.” White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki speaks at a White House press conference in Washington, Tuesday, January 25, 2022. (AP Photo / Andrew Harnik) Abbott he said On Wednesday, the illegal immigrants released in his state will be transported to the steps of the US Capitol in Washington, as border checkpoints are struggling to control the flow of people trying to enter the United States and the Biden administration’s move to eliminate of Title 42 provision. The state will provide chartered buses to disembark migrants – many of whom were released into small Texas communities that officials say have been flooded – in Washington, D.C. Democratic said the governor at a press conference. TEX POLICE OFFICER SAYS ABKOTT SENDS CLEAR “ZERO TOLERANCE” MESSAGE TO BIDEN ADMINISTRATOR “We are sending them to the United States Capitol where the Biden government will be able to more directly address the needs of the people who allow them to cross our borders.” Abbott he said. The governor added, “With the end of the Title 42 deportations approaching next month, Texas will immediately begin taking unprecedented action to do what no state in American history has done to secure our borders. “New strategies announced today and next week will further strengthen the already strong response to the destruction of the Biden border, and we will use all legal powers to curb the flow of drugs, human traffickers, illegal immigrants, weapons and other smuggling into Texas.” FILE PHOTO: A group of asylum seekers from Mexico, Cuba and Haiti are held by the US Border Patrol in San Luis, Arizona, USA, April 19, 2021. (REUTERS / Jim Urquhart / File Photo) CLICK HERE TO RECEIVE THE FOX NEWS APPLICATION Abbott’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News. The Biden administration announced last week that it would end its Title 42 public health policy, which was used by both the Trump and Biden governments to expel migrants to the southern border since the beginning of the COVID-19 epidemic at the end. . May – despite fears of a huge wave of immigration in the coming months. “After examining the current state of public health and the increasing availability of tools to combat COVID-19 (such as highly effective vaccines and therapeutic drugs), the Director of the CDC has decided that it is no longer necessary to issue an order suspending importation Immigrants to the United States, “the Centers for Disease Control said in a statement. The mandate was implemented by the Trump administration due to the COVID-19 epidemic and has since been used by both the Trump and Biden administrations to deport the majority of immigrants to the border. Although it is a public health mandate, not an immigration policy, it has become one of the central border policies implemented as the US faces an ongoing border crisis. In February, about 55% of immigrants were returned due to the order, instead of being released in the US Republicans and some moderate Democrat lawmakers, as well as border law enforcement, have expressed concern that it could lead to increased immigration that could overwhelm agents and surpass last year’s enormous numbers. Trump’s former adviser to the White House, Steven Miller, said the end of Title 42 would “open the gates on a biblical scale.” “At every opportunity, Biden has enacted policies that open our southern borders, empower drug traffickers and human traffickers, and make American communities less secure. Joe Biden has overseen the worst border crisis in DHS history,” Biden said. President of the Republican National Committee Rona McDaniel. a statement. “By removing the title 42, Biden doubles his commitment to actively aggravate the crisis he has created.” Fox News’ Louis Casiano and Adam Shaw contributed to this report
