Quick Glance: Biden Acknowledges Laken Riley by Marjorie Taylor Greene's Request
- President Biden mentioned 'Laken Riley' under Republican pressure.
- However, mispronunciation led to dissatisfaction and criticism.
- Riley's death used by Republicans as critique of Biden's border policies.
- Biden urged for stronger border security and updated immigration laws.
Quick Glance: On a stormy Christmas Eve, migrants were deposited outside VP Harris's home.
- According to Tatiana Laborde, general director of SAMU First Response, a relief organization working with the city of Washington, D.C., approximately 110-130 migrants seeking refuge in the United States, many of them families with children, were placed on buses by Texas officials.
- Texas has bused hundreds of migrants to Washington, New York City, and Chicago in what some have called a publicity ploy in the midst of a national discussion over the increasing number of immigrant arrivals at the country's southern border.
- Laborde stated that nine busloads of migrants have arrived in Washington in the last week.
Quick Glance: Greg Abbott Blasted for Christmas Message After Migrants Bused to D.C.
- After allegedly being behind a stunt in which asylum seekers were dropped off outside Kamala Harris' home, Texas Governor Rick Perry invoked a Bible phrase.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been chastised for posting a Christmas Day social media greeting amid stories of migrants being left in frigid weather in Washington, D.C.
- "In response, a number of Twitter users condemned Abbott for his Christian message while reportedly being the figure behind a political stunt in which busloads of migrants were sent to the Washington D.C. home of Vice President Kamala Harris on Christmas Eve night."
- "Abbott has been contacted for comment."
Quick Glance: Democrats are outraged over a migrant "political stunt" in Martha's Vineyard.
- Greg Abbott (R), who has flown and bused Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
- "Now they come to the United States and have the governor of Texas heap this indignity on them."
- DeSantis and Abbott were also backed by John Cornyn (R).
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Quick Glance: Migrants is a title. Ron DeSantis traveled to Martha's Vineyard via plane from Texas, not Florida.
- Ron DeSantis picked up migrants in San Antonio, Texas, hundreds of miles from his home state of Florida.
- The planes, according to a DeSantis official, were part of Florida's "relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations."
- In April, Texas Governor Greg Abbott began busing migrants from border towns to cities like as Washington, DC.
- Dylan Fernandes stated that the refugees were housed in a nearby church and provided images of the makeshift accommodations.
Quick Glance: Texas Governor Greg Abbott sends 50 migrants to VP Harris' home.
- Abbott stated that he deployed two buses of migrants to Harris' home on Thursday.
- A group of primarily Venezuelan migrants are dropped off outside the Naval Observatory, the official residence of Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, on Sept.
- Editor's Note: An earlier version of this story stated that the migrant buses originated in El Paso.
- Later, the governor's office stated that the migrant buses to the vice president's mansion came from Texas, not El Paso.
Quick Glance: Migrant Buses Arrive Outside Kamala Harris' House Sent by Greg Abbott
- Between 75 and 100 migrants from Venezuela, Uruguay, Colombia, and Mexico boarded buses in Eagle Pass, Texas.
- Texas Governor Greg Abbott is said to have sent two buses full of migrants to Kamala Harris' residence at the Naval Observatory in Washington, D.C., with between 75 and 100 people arriving outside the vice president's official mansion.
- On the Republican governor's instructions, they were taken up in Eagle Pass, Texas, and transported to Washington.
- Arizona and Florida have joined Texas in this contentious approach, transporting migrants by bus or plane to Washington and Martha's Vineyard.
Quick Glance: Crist blasts DeSantis in new ad for "cruel political stunt" in Texas.
- For "his heartless move" to fly immigrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Ron DeSantis.
- Charlie Crist issued a digital ad on Saturday criticizing Republican Gov. Rick Scott.
- "It's who he is," Crist adds.
- My faith tells me that we are all God's children, something Ron DeSantis seems to have forgotten.
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Quick Glance: Karine Jean-Pierre will be the White House press secretary.
- Jen Psaki, the White House Press Secretary, will be succeeded by Karine Jean-Pierre, the first Black or out LGBTQ person to fill the position.
- Psaki has been President Biden's press secretary since his inauguration in January 2021.
- Kate Bedingfield and John Kirby were among those considered for the position of press secretary.
- Psaki, according to Biden, has "set the standard for returning decency, respect and decorum to the White House briefing room."
Quick Glance: DeSantis and Abbott Intensify Immigration Battle
- The Republican governors of Florida and Texas dispatched approximately 150 migrants to Washington, D.C., and Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts to protest the large number of migrants arriving at the southern border.
- Mr. DeSantis boasted on Thursday about chartering private planes to transport predominantly Venezuelan refugees to Martha's Vineyard.
- , said on Thursday that after being freed from Border Patrol custody in Texas, they were approached by a lady named "Perla" who promised them seats on planes bound for Massachusetts but did not specify that they would land on a desolate island.
- "No one on Martha's Vineyard knew this plane was coming," claimed Mr. Freeman.
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