District Links: Bowser seeks National Guard help for ‘growing humanitarian crisis’; 911 acknowledges dispatching medics to wrong address; and more

By Chris Kain On Jul 29, 2022 Last updated Jul 29, 2022

Mayor Muriel Bowser has requested deployment of the National Guard to help with “a growing humanitarian crisis” as migrants seeking asylum arrive in DC on buses sent by the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona.

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