White House Monitoring Reports About Migrants Being Flown to Biden's Home State Delaware
18:20 GMT 20.09.2022 (Updated: 18:21 GMT 20.09.2022)
© AP Photo / Odelyn JosephFILE - In this Sept. 21, 2021, file photo, Haitians deported from the United States try to board the same plane in which they were deported, in an attempt to return to the United States, on the tarmac of the Toussaint Louverture airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. The Border Patrol's treatment of Haitian migrants, they say, is just the latest in a long history of discriminatory U.S. policies and of indignities faced by Black people, sparking new anger among Haitian Americans, Black immigrant advocates and civil rights leaders.(AP Photo/Odelyn Joseph, File)
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WASHINGTON, (Sputnik) - The Biden administration is tracking reports about migrants being flown from Texas to President Joe Biden's home state of Delaware, White House spokesperson Karine Jean-Pierre said on Tuesday.
"Yes, we have received word of the flights," Jean-Pierre said during a press briefing. "We are coordinating closely with state officials and local service providers who are prepared to welcome at these families in an orderly manner as they pursue their asylum claims."
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is reportedly behind the move to send a plane with migrants to an airport near Biden's' vacation home in Rehoboth, Delaware.
Jean-Pierre characterized the move by DeSantis as being a political stunt.
Biden said in response that the Florida governor should come visit Delaware because of its beautiful beaches.
Republican-run states, including Florida and Texas, have been protesting what they call is the Biden administration’s lax border and immigration policy by transporting migrants to the so-called "sanctuary jurisdictions." Texas has sent more than 10,000 migrants to New York City, Washington and Chicago.
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