Fox News: Biden Admin Pressured Dem El Paso Mayor Not to Declare State of Emergency Over Migrant Crisis

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MELUGIN: “The city of El Paso has been absolutely overrun with migrant arrivals in recent weeks. And as you just mentioned, the 'Post' is reporting the White House has privately pressured El Paso’s Democrat mayor to not declare an emergency there. Take a look at this video, we'll explain what's been going on in El Paso. That Border Patrol sector has been seeing upwards of 2000 illegal crossings every single day for the past several weeks now. It’s been getting so bad out there, migrants have been camped out under a highway overpass. Border Patrol has started street releases of migrants because NGOs and CBP facilities are completely overwhelmed and totally over capacity. Migrants have had to stay in hotels. Some Venezuelans have just been camping out on El Paso streets, living in the streets. And one of the councilmembers of the city of El Paso told the 'New York Post' that the mayor of El Paso privately told her that the White House has asked him no to declare an emergency, writing in part, 'The Mayor told me the White House asked him not to do it,' meaning asked him not to declare an emergency in El Paso. Now, the Democratic mayor of El Paso, Oscar Leeser, gave his own statement to the 'New York Post,' writing in part, 'I don’t bow to pressure from any side. I make decisions based on current circumstances and in the best interest of the citizens of El Paso.'”