A third immigrant bus arrived in Washington DC around 8 a.m. Friday as part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s efforts to address federal immigration policies amid the current border crisis. Texas began sending an unspecified number of buses en route to Washington on April 8, following Governor Abbott’s announcement that Texas Emergency Management Agency (TDEM) officials would be transporting migrants who had been released into the Texas capital. The White House initially described it as a “publicity stunt”, with many speculating that the governor would not follow suit. Friday’s bus was carrying about 30 migrants. “What better place to go than on the steps of the United States Capitol?” Abbott asked the hosts of “America’s Newsroom” just last week. A third bus carrying immigrants across the U.S. border in Texas arrived in Washington, DC, near the U.S. Capitol on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News Digital) The first immigrant bus arrived in DC on April 13, with the second bus arriving the next day. Both buses included immigrants from Venezuela, Cuba, Colombia and Nicaragua. The group spoke to the press in Spanish and finally assembled a prayer circle not far from where they left off. Abbott criticized Biden’s handling of the border crisis, saying the federal government had failed to properly assess the border situation. During observations at a Texas Security Department memorial service, Abbott said more than 1.6 million people had crossed the border into Texas in the past 15 months. A third bus carrying immigrants across the U.S. border in Texas arrived in Washington, DC, near the U.S. Capitol on Friday, April 15, 2022. (Timothy Nerozzi / Fox News Digital) As of February, about 220,000 known “escapes” have avoided border patrols since October 2021, a Homeland Security official told Fox News in February. However, the legitimacy of Abbott’s move to send immigrant buses to Washington remains in question. In 2012 Supreme Court Arizona v. United States, the established states could not make their own immigration policies. Abbott called on Mexico to speed up and help curb illegal immigration. He threatened financial consequences during his appearance on “Tucker Carlson Tonight” on Thursday night. “The predictable result is that these Texas-linked governors would be knocking on our door begging for relief,” Abbott told host Tucker Carlson. “As they beg for relief, we demand that they implement security measures that will reduce illegal immigration coming across borders.”
