The mayor of Washington DC is trying to "prevent a prolonged humanitarian crisis" in her city. Mayor Muriel Bowser once again is begging for help from the National Guard. Bowser's request comes in response to what she said is a "critical deluge of migrants being shipped to the district from Texas and Arizona. There are also migrants arriving in New York City from these states, but Mayor Eric Adams said he does not need help. The Washington mayor said she is asking president Biden to grant the border crossers special privilages such as those afforded to war refugees. Citing systems set up to aid asylum seekers from Ukraine and Afghanistan, Bowser said she is "encouraging the federal government to assist the new arrivals in similar ways. Still, the urgency that the nation's capital feels in dealing with the "crisis" pales quickly compared to what residents of Texas and Arizona see every single day. If it's a crisis in Washington, where a few thousand migrants have now arrived, how much more of a crisis is it on the nations southern border? Nearly two million illegal migrants, easily a new record under Biden or anyone elso, have crossed in under a year. That's a "humanitarian crisis."
