Migrants from Texas to DC USAGM
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- Migrants from Texas to DC USAGM
- July 18, 2022
- Content Type Package
- Language English
- Transcript/Script English USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Migrants from Texas To DC HEADLINE: Buses of Undocumented Migrants from Texas Stall in US Capital TEASER: The people whom Governor Greg Abbott expelled from Texas are facing an overwhelmed reception system in Washington PUBLISHED AT: 7/18/2022 AT 8:50PM BYLINE: Iacopo Luzi CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington D.C. VIDEOGRAPHER: Iacopo Luzi VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, AP PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:29 VID APPROVED BY: Reifenrath TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[Buses full of migrants continue to arrive in Washington from Texas. They are being sent by Greg Abbott, the state's Republican governor, who says U.S. President Joe Biden has not done enough to secure the southern border with Mexico. VOA News reporter Iacopo Luzi has the story. ]] ((NARRATION)) ((mandatory cg: John Henry/Twitter)) According to the Council of the District of Columbia, over 3-thousand undocumented migrants have arrived at the U.S. capital from Texas since April. ((end courtesy)) ((NAT SOUND: volunteer speaking to migrants)) ((NARRATION)) The arrivals don’t have places to stay, and many are still at Union Station in Washington, where the buses dropped them off. Families stay for days, waiting on family members. Or they wait for volunteers to move them to other locations or give them bus tickets to other cities like New York or Chicago. ((Arnaldo Bienvino, Venezuelan Migrant)) ((IN SPANISH)) “I definitely don't want them to give me anything. I want to work. If someone here in Washington says to me, “You have a roof over your head and a secure job,' I'd stay here." ((NARRATION)) One of the buses that arrived at Union Station contained a group of Venezuelan asylum-seekers who crossed the treacherous Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama months ago, many with small children. They turned themselves in to authorities at the U.S. border, where they were processed, and immediately boarded a bus. They now wait for a court date. ((NARRATION)) They were welcomed at Union Station, some of the migrants say. ((Sara Yalvarado, Venezuelan Migrant)) ((IN SPANISH)) “I am grateful to the people of Washington. They gave us food. Even McDonald's employees have provided us with food.” Humanitarian organizations like the Central American Resource Center — or CARECEN — are doing what they can. ((Abel Núñez, CARECEN Executive Director)) ((Zoom)) “I think the problem right now is the lack of support from local governments and the federal government to respond to the needs of the people. Because we don't have a place in Washington where we can receive them.” ((NARRATION)) While the Department of Homeland Security has not yet responded to a VOA request to speak to us about this situation, the United States government maintains its immigration position that people should travel only if they have a valid visa. Shelters in the U.S. capital are full, so humanitarian organizations tend to children and women first and try to buy tickets so migrants can continue their way elsewhere. For now, no one knows whether more buses with migrants will arrive from the Texas border, but activists here in Washington say they don’t expect the arrivals to stop. ((Iacopo Luzi, VOA News Washington.))
- Transcript/Script USAGM SHARE ((PLAYBOOK SLUG: Migrants from Texas To DC HEADLINE: Buses of Undocumented Migrants from Texas Stall in US Capital TEASER: The people whom Governor Greg Abbott expelled from Texas are facing an overwhelmed reception system in Washington PUBLISHED AT: 7/18/2022 AT 8:50PM BYLINE: Iacopo Luzi CONTRIBUTOR: DATELINE: Washington D.C. VIDEOGRAPHER: Iacopo Luzi VIDEO EDITOR: SCRIPT EDITORS: KE; Reifenrath VIDEO SOURCE (S): VOA, AP PLATFORMS (mark with X): WEB __ TV _X_ RADIO __ TRT: 2:29 VID APPROVED BY: Reifenrath TYPE: TVPKG EDITOR NOTES: )) ((INTRO)) [[Buses full of migrants continue to arrive in Washington from Texas. They are being sent by Greg Abbott, the state's Republican governor, who says U.S. President Joe Biden has not done enough to secure the southern border with Mexico. VOA News reporter Iacopo Luzi has the story. ]] ((NARRATION)) ((mandatory cg: John Henry/Twitter)) According to the Council of the District of Columbia, over 3-thousand undocumented migrants have arrived at the U.S. capital from Texas since April. ((end courtesy)) ((NAT SOUND: volunteer speaking to migrants)) ((NARRATION)) The arrivals don’t have places to stay, and many are still at Union Station in Washington, where the buses dropped them off. Families stay for days, waiting on family members. Or they wait for volunteers to move them to other locations or give them bus tickets to other cities like New York or Chicago. ((Arnaldo Bienvino, Venezuelan Migrant)) ((IN SPANISH)) “I definitely don't want them to give me anything. I want to work. If someone here in Washington says to me, “You have a roof over your head and a secure job,' I'd stay here." ((NARRATION)) One of the buses that arrived at Union Station contained a group of Venezuelan asylum-seekers who crossed the treacherous Darién Gap between Colombia and Panama months ago, many with small children. They turned themselves in to authorities at the U.S. border, where they were processed, and immediately boarded a bus. They now wait for a court date. ((NARRATION)) They were welcomed at Union Station, some of the migrants say. ((Sara Yalvarado, Venezuelan Migrant)) ((IN SPANISH)) “I am grateful to the people of Washington. They gave us food. Even McDonald's employees have provided us with food.” Humanitarian organizations like the Central American Resource Center — or CARECEN — are doing what they can. ((Abel Núñez, CARECEN Executive Director)) ((Zoom)) “I think the problem right now is the lack of support from local governments and the federal government to respond to the needs of the people. Because we don't have a place in Washington where we can receive them.” ((NARRATION)) While the Department of Homeland Security has not yet responded to a VOA request to speak to us about this situation, the United States government maintains its immigration position that people should travel only if they have a valid visa. Shelters in the U.S. capital are full, so humanitarian organizations tend to children and women first and try to buy tickets so migrants can continue their way elsewhere. For now, no one knows whether more buses with migrants will arrive from the Texas border, but activists here in Washington say they don’t expect the arrivals to stop. ((Iacopo Luzi, VOA News Washington.))
- NewsML Media Topics Arts, Culture, Entertainment and Media
- Network VOA
- Embargo Date July 18, 2022 08:57 EDT
- Byline Iacopo Luzi
- Brand / Language Service Voice of America