Texas will bus illegal immigrants released into the state by the Border Patrol to Washington, D.C., Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday, a move meant to force the Biden administration to address the crisis at the border.

Abbott, a Republican, said that the state has readied 900 charter buses to transport migrants the 1,700 miles from the state’s border with Mexico to the nation’s capital.

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