The New York Post learned that President Joe Biden’s administration told El Paso Mayor Oscar Leeser, a Democrat, not to issue a declaration of emergency over the border crisis because it would make the administration look bad.
Just in time for midterms!
Reports indicate El Paso sees 2,100 migrants arriving every day. He has bussed illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities, but the media mostly ignores him and attacks Republican officials who do the same thing.
From The New York Post:
At least three of the El Paso City Council’s eight members have urged Mayor Oscar Leeser to issue an emergency declaration in response to the thousands of migrants who’ve filled the city’s shelters and are being housed in local hotels, sources familiar with the matter said.But Leeser admitted during a private phone conversation last month that he’d been directed otherwise by the Biden administration, one of the officials told The Post.“He told me the White House asked him not to,” Councilmember Claudia Rodriguez said.Rodriguez also said Leeser has repeatedly assured her that he’d declare a state of emergency “if things got worse” — without saying what that meant.—At a Sept. 27 City Council meeting, Mayor Leeser also addressed the issue, saying Congresswoman Veronica Escobar (D-Texas) had urged him not to declare a State of Emergency, adding: “The White House has asked, at this point, for us not to do that and they’ll continue to work with us and continue to give us … money through [the] Federal Emergency Management Agency.”
Escobar represents Texas’s 16th Congressional district based in El Paso.
U.S. Rep. Tony Gonzales (R-TX) represents “rural areas and border towns near El Paso.” He claimed he heard similar news regarding the Biden administration:
“It is a sleight of hand what the administration is doing — pressuring the local government to not issue a declaration of emergency, to say as if everything is going OK,” he said.Gonzales also alleged that the White House has done “the same thing in other parts of my district,” which have also seen huge numbers of migrants seeking refuge.
Leeser has not issued a declaration of emergency. Officials extended the emergency ordinance, which “allows the city of El Paso to continue responding to the ongoing migrant crisis by assisting non-governmental organizations, helping at food banks and welcome centers.” The city is also “chartering nine to 14 buses a day.”
The left has not criticized Leeser like Republicans for sending illegal immigrants to New York City. Outlets publish softer pieces, highlighting people happy to escape horrid conditions.
El Paso might stop bussing illegal immigrants only to comply with Biden’s announcement that “Venezuelans could be kicked out of the country under the Trump-era Title 42 rules.”
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