Washington Post editorial board urges DC Mayor Bowser to take action on bussed migrants from Texas

The Washington Post editorial board urged D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser, D., to back up her claims that the nation's capital is a so-called "sanctuary city."

Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser said the migrants arriving to D.C. pose a 'humanitarian crisis.'  (Brian Stukes/Getty Images) District of Columbia Mayor Muriel Bowser listens as Metropolitan Police Department assistant chief Stuart Emerman speaks near the scene of a shooting Friday, April 22, 2022. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Migrants from Venezuela, who boarded a bus in Del Rio, Texas, disembark within view of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., on August 2, 2022. (STEFANI REYNOLDS/AFP via Getty Images) Nikolas Lanum is an associate editor for Fox News Digital.

According to the board, the "slow moving crisis" had been created by Republican Govs. Abbott of Texas and Doug Ducey of Arizona, failing to mention how the federal government or the Biden administration may have factored into the situation. 

However, the board did criticize Bowser’s response to the governors’ "politically effective" maneuver. Bowser, for her part, has previously claimed that mayors are "not responsible for a broken immigration system."