{"id":1435163,"date":"2022-04-13T11:44:42","date_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:44:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435163"},"modified":"2022-04-13T11:44:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-13T15:44:45","slug":"d-c-is-a-border-town-sen-cruz-highlights-first-texas-bus-dropping-off-migrants-in-capital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/d-c-is-a-border-town-sen-cruz-highlights-first-texas-bus-dropping-off-migrants-in-capital\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018D.C. Is A Border Town\u2019: Sen. Cruz Highlights First Texas Bus Dropping Off Migrants In Capital"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fd-c-is-a-border-town-sen-cruz-highlights-first-texas-bus-dropping-off-migrants-in-capital%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1435163&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/04\/Untitled-design-22-copy-3-4.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz declared Washington, D.C., a \u201cborder town\u201d after Texas dropped off its first migrants on Wednesday morning just blocks from the U.S. Capitol.<\/p>\n<p>Cruz shared the comment in a Twitter post featuring the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/texas-migrant-bus-arrives-washington-d-c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">report<\/a> from Fox News.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Washington D.C. is a border town.<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rGE2On0WRT\">https:\/\/t.co\/rGE2On0WRT<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Senator Ted Cruz (@SenTedCruz) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SenTedCruz\/status\/1514251886467108865?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 13, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cThe bus pulled up at approximately 8 a.m. local time, blocks away from the U.S. Capitol building. Fox News has learned that they came from the Del Rio sector in Texas, after coming to the U.S. from Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela,\u201d the report noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUpon the bus\u2019s arrival in Washington, D.C., individuals disembarked one by one except for family units who exited together. They checked in with officials and had wristbands they were wearing cut off before being told they could go,\u201d Fox added.<\/p>\n<p>The first migrant bus drop off from Texas occurred just a week after Governor Greg Abbott (R-TX) announced new actions to send the state\u2019s illegal immigrants to Washington after the Biden administration announced plans to end Title 42. The Trump-era policy has allowed Border Patrol to turn away migrants at the border to help stop the spread of COVID-19. The Daily Wire previously <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/breaking-texas-to-start-busing-illegal-immigrants-to-washington-d-c-as-biden-scraps-trump-era-border-policy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>\u201cWith the Biden administration ending Title 42 expulsions in May, Texas will be taking its own unprecedented actions this month to do what no state in America has ever done in the history of this country to better secure our state, as well as our nation,\u201d Abbott said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>One of the additional actions being taken, Abbott said, will be charter buses hired by the state to transport illegal immigrants to Washington, D.C.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cTo help local officials whose communities are being overwhelmed with hordes of illegal immigrants 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.,\u201d Abbott announced. \u201cWe are sending them to the United States capital 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.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Abbott\u2019s response has spread to at least some other conservative leaders. Arizona Republican Rep. Andy Biggs encouraged the plan and challenged Arizona Republican Governor Doug Ducey to join Texas to help the Biden regime \u201csee reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThe Biden regime and Dems sit comfortably in their DC offices as the border worsens,\u201d he added.<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u00a0\u201cIt\u2019s time they see reality. I call on\u00a0<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@DougDucey\u00a0<\/span>to follow\u00a0<span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@GregAbbott_TX,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregAbbott_TX<\/a>&#8216;s decision to transport illegal aliens from Texas to the steps of the U.S. Capitol is warranted.<\/p>\n<p>The Biden regime and Dems sit comfortably in their DC offices as the border worsens. <\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s time they see reality.<\/p>\n<p>I call on <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DougDucey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DougDucey<\/a> to follow <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GregAbbott_TX?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GregAbbott_TX<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Rep Andy Biggs (@RepAndyBiggsAZ) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RepAndyBiggsAZ\/status\/1512141080506114060?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 7, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis made similar remarks to warn the Biden administration from flying illegal immigrants from the border into his state.<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis said he would send the migrants to Delaware, referring to the home state of the president. The governor also said during a CPAC speech in February that he would send migrants to Hollywood and Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">CPAC: In his remarks to CPAC 2022, Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) slammed President Biden&#8217;s border policies, and pledged to send migrants to Delaware, Hollywood, and Washington, D.C. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/X4adBvBf6y\">pic.twitter.com\/X4adBvBf6y<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Forbes (@Forbes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Forbes\/status\/1497004251704401926?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. Believe the same?\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">Become a member now and join our mission<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Texas Republican Sen. Ted Cruz declared Washington, D.C., a \u201cborder town\u201d after Texas dropped off its first migrants on Wednesday morning just blocks from the U.S. Capitol.Cruz shared the comment<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":325,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1435163","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435163","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/325"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1435163"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1435163\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1435163"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1435163"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1435163"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}