US President Joe Biden speaks at the 45th Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute Gala at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC, USA, 15 September 2022. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO / POOL

Biden slams Republicans for using immigrants as ‘props’ in ‘political stunts’

Washington (EFE).- US President Joe Biden on Thursday condemned Republican governors for using immigrants as “props” for “political stunts,” after they transported dozens of people by bus and plane from Florida and Texas into Democratic states.

Two bus-loads of migrants from Central and South America arrive outside Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence at the Naval Observatory early in the morning in Washington, DC, USA, 15 September 2022. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
“Republicans are playing politics with human beings, using them as props. What they’re doing is simply wrong, it’s un-American, it’s reckless,” the president said at the annual gala of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute.

Two bus-loads of migrants from Central and South America arrive outside Vice President Kamala Harris’s residence at the Naval Observatory early in the morning in Washington, DC, USA, 15 September 2022. EPA-EFE/JIM LO SCALZO
“We have a process in place to manage migrants at the border. We’re working to make sure it’s safe and orderly and humane. Republican officials should not interfere with that process by waging these political stunts,” he added.