Top media outlets blame Republican governors for creating migrant crisis in liberal cities

As reported by Fox News, several top media outlets have taken aim at Republican governors for creating a “migrant crisis” and “humanitarian crisis” in cities across America.

On Thursday, The New York Times described the issues faced in New York and Washington D.C. by the influx of migrants as: “GOP Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast.” Although the piece acknowledged border cities in Texas and Arizona being overwhelmed with illegal immigrants, most of the article featured critics claiming Abbott and Ducey are treating migrants as a “political tool.” 

“This is a crisis created by Republican leaders in other states, however, unfortunately it’s fallen on the mayor to allocate resources locally,” D.C. City Council member Brianne Nadeau was quoted as saying.

Only one day earlier, Vanity Fair hinted that Republican governors “successfully created a migrant crisis” in the northern states. Contributor Eric Lutz used the opportunity to remind readers that Abbott is currently under investigation for reportedly violating civil rights with his policies at the border.

“In any case, the GOP governors are exploiting migrants to make a political point about federal immigration policy under President Joe Biden, shifting a humanitarian crisis at the border to the nation’s capital,” Lutz stated, adding: “Migrants, in short, are caught between the inhumane border posturing of Abbott and Ducey and the inaction of leaders in Washington.”

MSNBC blogger Ja’han Jones directed seething criticism at Abbott in a post on “The ReidOut Blog.” Jones wrote on Tuesday: “But Abbott’s plan to bus migrants from the Texas-Mexico border to places run by Democrats (like New York and Washington, D.C.) is arguably his worst of all. It’s a plan that’s also been adopted by Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey. It’s cruel, a tremendous waste of money, and rests on dubious legal reasoning.” Jones also said that Abbott was attempting to “ride a wave of right-wing anger to re-election.”

Washington Post Columnist Petula Dvorak dubbed Abbott bussing migrants to New York and Washington as “a cruel, political stunt” that has devolved into “relentless, inhumane cruelty.”
“All this stunt did is underscore how little our leaders want to help the next generation of Americans, to welcome the new immigrants the way their grandparents and great-grandparents were welcomed,” Dvorak wrote.

A White House official also spoke to Fox News and said “As we have said repeatedly, Republican governors using desperate migrants as political tools is shameful and it is wrong.”
Last month, Washington Mayor appeared on ‘Face the Nation’ and stated that illegal immigrants were being “tricked” onto buses by Texas and Arizona.

“We have for sure called on the federal government to work across state lines to prevent people from really being tricked into getting on buses. We think they’re largely asylum seekers who are going to final destinations that are not Washington, D.C. I worked with the White House to make sure that FEMA provided a grant to a local organization that is providing services to folks. I fear that they’re being tricked into nationwide bus trips when their final destinations are places all over the United States of America,” Bowser said during the interview.