Washington DC declares emergency over migrants bussed in by Republican governors

Texas and Arizona leaders have sent thousands of refugees to the US capital to register anger over Biden's border policy

The mayor of Washington DC declared a 15-day public emergency on Thursday over the buses of migrants and refugees being sent to the city by the Republican governors from the border states of Arizona and Texas.

Muriel Bowser announced plans to create an office of migrant affairs to coordinate the humanitarian crisis" instigated by Republicans, and which appears to be aimed at embarrassing Joe Biden's administration in the run-up to the midterms.