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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Oliver Laughland

Texas governor’s plans to bus migrants to Capitol met with bipartisan criticism

Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference at the Texas Department of Public Safety Weslaco regional office on Wednesday.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott speaks during a press conference at the Texas Department of Public Safety Weslaco regional office on Wednesday. Photograph: Joel Martinez/AP

Plans announced by Texas governor Greg Abbott that attempt to send undocumented migrants away from the southern border on buses to Washington were met with bipartisan criticism on Wednesday.

Abbott, a Republican, told reporters that the state would respond to the Biden administration’s decision to rescind a hardline Trump-era immigration policy by placing state troopers in riot gear at the border and then putting migrants on buses bound for DC.

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