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White House denounces migrants being bused to VP's home on freezing Christmas Eve

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Three buses arrived Saturday outside Vice President Kamala Harris' residence at the Naval Observatory The White House on Sunday said a politically motivated "stunt" led to migrants being bused in subfreezing temperatures to Washington, D.C., the night before. Three buses arrived Saturday outside Vice President Kamala Harris' residence at the Naval Observatory, ABC affiliate WJLA reported. Temperatures in Washington on Saturday night were in the teens, according to the National Weather Service. It wasn't clear who had transported the migrant s. But Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, both Republicans, have for months been periodically sending migrant s to Democratic-led areas of the country in protest of federal immigration policies, they have said. Tatiana Laborde, managing director of the nonprofit SAMU First Response, which assists migrants making asylum claims in the U.S., told The Associated Press that her group brought the migrants to a loca...