Political battle heats up as D.C. and New York City mayors respond to GOP governors’ policy of sending migrants to their cities

“When we saw Ukrainian and Russian asylum seekers at the border, the U.S. and Mexico worked quickly to get them to safety…It would be nice to see the government at the state and federal level respond in a similar fashion to asylum seekers who are not white,” said Ari Sawyer, U.S. border researcher at Human Rights Watch.

Tensions are running high as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey (R) continue to send busloads of migrants to Washington, D.C., and New York City.

Since April, the governors have sent more than  today!

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