At an event Thursday night, President Joe Biden condemned Republican governors for transporting migrants to protest his administration’s immigration policies, charging them with “playing politics with human beings.”
President Joe Biden speaks at the 45th Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala to kick-off the White House's celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month at the Walter Washington Convention Center, Thursday, Sept. 15, 2022, in Washington. Justin Tasolides and Spectrum News StaffPUBLISHED 9:54 AM EDT Sep. 16, 2022
The president’s remarks at the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala on Thursday, which was also the first day of National Hispanic Heritage Monthtransported scores of migrants “Instead of working with us on solutions, Republicans are playing politics with human beings, using them as props,” Biden said. “What they're doing is simply wrong. It's un-American, it's reckless.
The flights were part of a $12 million program approved by the Florida Legislature to “facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants from this state consistent with federal law,” a statement from communications director Taryn Fenske said.
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