The group is mostly from Venezuela and adds to the growing list of immigrants who have been taken to the vice president’s home. It marks the third busload of migrants sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott after others arrived earlier this week. Separately, six more buses from Texas carrying migrants reportedly arrived at the Port Authority of New York on Saturday, Fox News reported. NBC shared video of the migrants arriving by bus from Texas on Saturday. Aid workers quickly moved the migrants to a local shelter. Two buses initially arrived at the Naval Observatory in Washington on Thursday, where Harris and second in command Doug Emhoff live. “We’re sending immigrants to her backyard to call on the Biden administration to do its job and secure the border,” Abbott tweeted Thursday. But U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) called the shipments a form of “human trafficking.” “Sending vulnerable immigrants across the country is not a campaign tactic. It’s human trafficking,” he tweeted on Thursday. “It is the abuse of dozens of human beings and a celebration of that abuse for political gain.” Migrants from Venezuela, who boarded a bus in Texas, outside US Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, DC, on Thursday.
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Harris accused Republican governors of “dereliction of duty” in an interview with Vice News. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has also played a role in deporting refugees from his state. Both conservative governors cited border security as the reason behind their massive plan. Social services immediately provided help to the migrants who arrived in front of the Harris home on Saturday, but the organizations say the constant sending of migrants is straining resources. Abbott’s office did not immediately respond to The Daily Beast’s request for comment on Saturday.
