texas decided to deposit migrant asylum seekers, some o them children, on a freezing cold sidewalk north to go. three buses filled with more than 100 migrants arrived in d.c., late saturday night, where they were unceremoniousl dropped off outside the vice presidents official residence. they were sent there by th republican governor sent texas greg abbott, to make a political point of what happening at the souther border the buses were filled with families, with children, man of them wearing nothing warmer than a tee shirt we have it did not tell anyone ahead of time that he was gonn do this is the relief agency me the migrants from the vice president s home when they arrived. welcome them with food, warm clothing, and blankets they had been tipped off b another ngo working along th border, who made sure th migrants did not arrive in the freezing cold, on christmas eve, with no one to help them once they, arrived volunteer drove all of them to shelter to nearby church to wel
temperatures were hovering around 18 degrees. it was this, night we all abou welcoming the stranger, when the republican governor of texas decided to deposit migrant asylum seekers, some o them children, on a freezing cold sidewalk north to go. three buses filled with more than 100 migrants arrived in d c., late saturday night, where they were unceremoniousl dropped off outside the vice presidents official residence. they were sent there by th republican governor sent texas greg abbott, to make a political point of what happening at the souther border the buses were filled with families, with children, man of them wearing nothing warmer than a tee shirt we have it did not tell anyone ahead of time that he was gonn do this is the relief agency me the migrants from the vice president s home when they arrived. welcome them with food, warm clothing, and blankets they had been tipped off b another ngo working along th border, who made sure th migrants did not arrive in the freezi
something the last few weeks that happened, that wa productive with respect to the border, a few things for example, i introduced bill on controlling small arms trafficking, the small arm that are going to mexico mak it safer for us to say how t work for those countries to do that the bigger thing that happens, is that congress in the omnibu bill, passed $2 million to handle the situation the border including offerin economic relief to cities in texas, like mcallen, and, de rio and san antonio, that ar dealing with the situation political wrote a few an article a few days ago, abou how san antonio has been a model in being able to hel migrants get to the destination, a lot of them have famil members here, so the trying to get to their family member
well first of all, there wa something the last few weeks that happened, that wa productive with respect to the border, a few things for example, i introduced bill on controlling small arms trafficking, the small arm that are going to mexico mak it safer for us to say how t work for those countries to do that the bigger thing that happens, is that congress in the omnibu bill, passed $2 million to handle the situation the border including offerin economic relief to cities in texas, like mcallen, and, de rio and san antonio, that ar dealing with the situation political wrote a few an article a few days ago, abou how san antonio has been a model in being able to hel
haitians were crammed underneath it in deplorable conditions desperate to answer the u.s. for asylum. and these images of black migrants being corralled by u.s. border agents on horse back was a modern day retelling of the treatment of enslaved people in our country. for an administration that pledged to restore the soul of america, there s a lot to answer here for. simply acknowledging the battle with systemic racism won t be enough. actions speak louder than words. joining me now, reverend al sharpton, the author of rise up, confronting a country at the cross roads . he was in de rio. what did you see when you were down there? it was heart wrenching to see at that point there was still a couple thousand left under the bridge. no protection from the elements. they had to sleep under whatever