The governor of Texas put lives in danger by the transfer of migrants on Christmas Eve, accuses the White House

The White House charged on Monday the governor of Texas, Greg Abbottof endangering human lives after buses full of migrants coming from the Texas southwest border were dropped off near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, DC, on a cold Christmas Eve.

It is estimated that between 110 and 130 migrants seeking asylum in the United States, many of them families with childrenwere loaded onto buses by Texas officials, immigrant aid groups said Sunday after their arrival in the US capital.

Governor Abbott abandoned the children on the side of the road in sub-zero temperatures on Christmas Eve without coordinating with any federal or local authorities,” White House spokesman Abdullah Hasan said.

“Partisan games achieve nothing and only put lives in danger,” Hasan added.

Republican Abbott, a staunch critic of the immigration policies of President Joe Biden’s government, has not acknowledged the Christmas Eve move and his office has not claimed responsibility. Biden is a Democrat.

Texas has bused thousands of immigrants to Washington, New York and Chicago, in what some critics have called a move as there is a national debate over the high number of migrants arriving at the southern border of the United States.

Abbott has said before that his state was deliberately sending immigrants to sanctuary cities, where law enforcement is discouraged from deporting immigrants.

Hasan said the Biden administration was willing to work with Democrats and Republicans to find solutions to the migrant problem.

Amy Fischer, an organizer with the Immigrant Solidarity Self-Aid Network, told NPR the people were immediately transferred to buses provided by the city of Washington and taken to a church that gave them hot food and clothing.