Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has sent dozens of buses carrying immigrants to Democratic-run states since April as a form of protest against Joe Biden’s immigration policy, a gesture widely criticized by US human rights groups.
People who got off the buses today were quickly helped by social organizations that have been helping these migrants with clothes, food and shelter for months.
CNN reports that some immigrants arrived in Washington wearing only a T-shirt, amid a winter storm that has lashed the country and left Christmas cold for decades.
This week, several Republican-ruled states in the country, including Texas, managed in court to delay the suspension of Title 42, a federal health policy that explicitly allows people who cross the border in an irregular situation to be expelled, without seeking asylum.
This regulation, which was implemented by the administration of Donald Trump (2017-2021), and also used by Joe Biden, was supposed to cease its application on December 22 by order of the court, but the Supreme Court froze the decision.
In recent days, thousands of people have crossed the border into Mexico and many have concentrated in the city of El Paso (Texas), where they had to sleep outdoors, despite the low temperatures, according to local media.
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