拜登白宫周四谴责共和党州长本周升级了他们的战略大巴和现在的飞机运送移民到民主城市抗议政府的边境政策。
周三晚间，佛罗里达州共和党州长罗恩·德桑蒂斯(Ron DeSantis)派出两架移民飞机前往玛莎葡萄园岛，令州和地方官员感到惊讶。周四早上，大约100名移民乘坐得克萨斯州州长Greg Abbott派出的两辆巴士，在副总统卡玛拉·哈里斯的海军天文台住所前下车。
德桑蒂斯说，对抗的举动是向总统乔·拜登和哈里斯发出的信息，要求他们做好“该死的工作”，确保边境安全。
白宫和民主党人称这些举动是残酷的，指责共和党领导人制造了“混乱”
白宫新闻秘书郭佳欣·让-皮埃尔在周四的记者吹风会上说:“有一种合法的方式来管理移民。”“共和党州长干涉这一过程，并将移民作为政治棋子，这是可耻的，鲁莽的，也是完全错误的。”
Jean-Pierre批评省长们似乎没有通知当地的领导人。
Jean-Pierre说:“事实上，福克斯新闻频道而不是国土安全部、该市或当地非政府组织(非政府组织)被警告有一项计划，要把包括儿童在内的移民留在华盛顿一条繁忙的街道上，这清楚地表明，这只是一个残忍的有预谋的政治噱头。”
这些移民周四早些时候被送到华盛顿，他们遇到了华盛顿的人道主义非营利基金会SAMU第一反应组织的移民倡导者，该组织表示，他们正在接受食物，衣服和卫生保健。
SAMU的总经理Tatiana Laborde告诉ABC新闻，当这些移民在居民下车点的人行道上着陆时，他们“非常困惑和迷失方向”。
玛莎葡萄园岛机场主任杰夫·弗里曼在电话中告诉美国广播公司，“岛上没有人被告知”飞机的抵达。
“直到事情发生后，当地官员才知道这件事，”弗里曼说。
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks to a crowd of supporters during the Keep Florida Free Tour in Tampa, Fla., Aug. 24, 2022.
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德桑蒂斯表示，将移民送往民主党领导的州是对他们此前在前总统唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)执政期间宣布自己为庇护管辖区的“美德信号”的回应。
“我们不是一个避难所，”他在佛罗里达州的新闻发布会上说。
边境州的共和党人赞扬了移民货车，认为边境危机是一个应该由整个国家来承担的问题。
“这是国家的责任，应该是国家的负担，”佛罗里达州参议员马尔科·卢比奥说。
边境口岸达到了5月份达到高峰因为美国海关和边境保护局在南部边境遇到了239，416名移民，这是有史以来人数最多的一次。
6月和7月的遭遇略有下降，但专家估计，到本月结束的财年结束时，该机构将跨越200万次逮捕。
去年，乔·拜登总统任命哈里斯领导政府应对边境挑战，并与中美洲国家合作解决问题的根源。共和党人长期以来一直批评哈里斯担任这一角色以来在南部边境的缺席。
得克萨斯州共和党众议员奥古斯特·普夫卢格(August Pfluger)在推特上说:“如果我们的‘边境沙皇’不去边境，边境就会去找她。”周四，几位国会共和党成员在社交媒体上发表了类似的观点。
当美国广播公司新闻的贾斯汀·戈麦斯问哈里斯，她对这些移民在她家门口下车有何反应时，哈里斯拒绝置评。
白宫周四为其移民政策辩护，同时也承认还有更多工作要做。
让-皮埃尔指出，采取措施推进边境技术，增加更多移民法官，并向国土安全部提供创纪录的资金，以证明政府致力于修复她所说的特朗普政府留下的“被摧毁的”移民系统。
当被问及边境移民涌入的问题时，她告诉美国广播公司新闻高级白宫记者玛丽·布鲁斯说:“我们正在修复一个破碎的系统”。“这不像打开电灯开关。这需要一些时间。”
让-皮埃尔说，国会中的共和党人应该专注于通过一项长期、全面的立法来改革移民制度。
“他们应该得到更好的待遇，而不是被遗弃在华盛顿的街道上，或者被遗弃在玛莎葡萄园，”新闻秘书在谈到被运送的移民时说。“他们应该得到比这好得多的东西。”
After Republicans escalate migrant busing scheme, White House condemns 'chaos'
The Biden White House on Thursday condemned Republican governors who this week escalated their strategy ofbusing -- and now flying -- migrants to Democratic citiesin protest of the administration's border policies.
Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes of migrants to Martha's Vineyard late Wednesday evening, surprising state and local officials. Roughly 100 migrants aboard two buses sent by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris' Naval Observatory residence early Thursday morning.
DeSantis said the confrontational moves were a message to President Joe Biden and Harris to do their "damn job" and secure the border.
The White House and Democrats are calling the moves cruel, accusing the GOP leaders of creating "chaos."
"There's a legal way of doing this -- for managing migrants," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said during Thursday's briefing with reporters. "Republican governors interfering in that process and using migrants as political pawns is shameful, is reckless, and just plain wrong."
Jean-Pierre criticized the governors for appearing to give no notice to leaders on the ground.
"The fact that Fox News and not the Department of Homeland Security, the city or local NGOs (non-governmental organizations) were alerted about a plan to leave migrants, including children, on the side of a busy D.C. street makes clear that this is just a cruel premeditated political stunt," Jean-Pierre said.
The migrants were dropped off in Washington early Thursday were met by immigration advocates from the SAMU First Response, a humanitarian nonprofit foundation in Washington, which said they are receiving food, clothing and hygiene care.
Tatiana Laborde, the managing director of SAMU, told ABC News the migrants were "extremely confused and disoriented " when they landed on the sidewalk of the residential drop-off location.
Geoff Freeman, the director of Martha's Vineyard airport, told ABC News in a phone call "nobody on the island was informed" of the planes' arrivals.
"No local officials knew of this event until after it happened," Freeman said.
DeSantis said sending migrants to Democrat-led states was a response to their previous "virtue signaling" by declaring themselves sanctuary jurisdictions during former President Donald Trump's years in office.
"We're not a sanctuary state," he said at Florida at a news conference.
Border state Republicans praised the migrant vans, arguing the crisis at the border is a problem that should be shouldered by the entire country.
"This is a national responsibility, it should be a national burden," said Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
Border crossings reached apeak in Mayas U.S. Customs and Border Protection encountered 239,416 migrants along the southern border -- the largest number of migrants ever.
Encounters dropped slightly in June and July, but experts estimate the agency will cross 2 million apprehensions by the end of the fiscal year ending this month.
Harris was tapped by President Joe Biden last year to lead the administration's effort to tackle challenges at the border and work with Central American countries to address the root causes of the problem. Republicans have long criticized Harris's absence at the southern border since taking on the role.
Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, tweeted: "If our "Border Czar" won't visit the border, the border will visit her." Several GOP members of Congress on Thursday posted similar sentiments on social media Thursday.
Harris declined to comment when asked by ABC News' Justin Gomez if she had any reaction to the migrants that were dropped off in front of her residence.
The White House defended its immigration policies on Thursday while also acknowledging there's more work to be done.
Jean-Pierre pointed to steps to advance border technology, add more immigration judges and provide record funding to the Department of Homeland Security as proof the administration is committed to fixing what she described as a "decimated" immigration system left behind by the Trump administration.
"We are fixing a broken system," she told ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Mary Bruce when asked about the influx of migrants at the border. "It is not like turning the light switch on. It is going to take some time."
Jean-Pierre said Republicans in Congress should instead focus on passing a long-term, comprehensive legislation to reform the immigration system.
"They deserve better than being left on the streets of D.C. or being left in Martha's Vineyard," the press secretary said of the migrants who've been transported. "They deserve a lot better than that."
