The governor of Texas, Greg Abbottannounced this Tuesday (15th) sending a bus with immigrants towards something Philadelphia (Pennsylvania), as part of the Republican transportation strategy foreign with which they have just crossed the southern border Mexico to democratic jurisdictions in the north of the country.
This is the first time Abbott has sent a busload of immigrants to the state of Pennsylvaniasince he started his strategy last April.
It is also the first shipment after midterm elections last Tuesday, in which the Republicans failed to call”Hola red (color that represents them in the US)”, after the victory of the Democrats in key states such as Pennsylvania, Nevada yes Arizona.
In a statement, the Republican governor said that “until the Biden administration does its job and provides Texans and the American people with sustainable border security, Texas will continue to do more than any other state to defend against an invasion along the border”.
The immigrants should arrive in Philadelphia tomorrow morning.
Abbott said the mayor of that town, Jim Kenney“celebrated and long fought for sanctuary city status”, more immigrant-friendly.
Abbott’s first target with his immigrant transport campaign was the capital of the United States, where he sent dozens of buses, some even to the residence of the vice president of the United States, Kamala Harris.
The cities of New York yes Chicago They have also seen the arrival of busses with immigrants sent by the Abbott government, as well as other northern jurisdictions, where applicants asylum sent by the governments of Arizona yes Florida.
With information and image from EFE