Since April 13th, Governor Greg Abbott has been busing asylum seekers from the Texas border to DC as part of a racist publicity stunt. In May, Governor Ducey joined in and started busing people from Arizona too. Since then close to 4,000 migrants from Texas and over 1,000 from Arizona have arrived in DC. For over three months, DMV organizers and volunteers showed up every single day to support our new neighbors with NO support from the DC government. Last week, mutual aid organizers took two days off to rest, quarantine due to COVID exposure, and protest government inaction. Unfortunately, without mutual aid, many of the migrants, including families with children, were left stranded at Union Station until we were able to return.

In response to the letter and media attention, Bowser went on TV and said she doesn't think it is DC’s responsibility to support these migrants, a sentiment that stands in stark contrast to DC’s status as a sanctuary city. She also claimed that DC taxpayers have not picked up the tab for this at all— but mutual aid has spent over $280k since April, donated by DC residents, who pay taxes. It's the DC government who has yet to contribute. Join us and take five minutes today to call, email, and tweet at Mayor Bowser to demand that she step up and support our new neighbors NOW! Also, volunteer and donate here.