Biden Administration Denies DC Mayor’s 2nd Request for National Guard Help

The Pentagon has denied Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser’s second request to mobilize the National Guard to deal with an influx of illegal immigrants sent from southern border states after federal officials freed them.

Bowser, a Democrat, has now sent two letters sent to the White House and Pentagon asking for the Guard and describing the situation at the nation’s capital as a “humanitarian crisis.”

The first request was sent in July and rejected by Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin, a Biden appointee, on Aug. 4. Bowser followed up with a second letter asking for 150 Guard personnel for 90 days. This was rejected on Monday by a Pentagon official.

In a letter to Bowser, Defense Department Executive Secretary Kelly Bulliner Holly said Guard personnel weren’t trained to assist immigrants and activation would lead to “diminished readiness” for the troops.

“The DCNG has no specific experience in or training for this kind of mission or unique skills for providing facility management, feeding, sanitation or ground support,” Holly wrote, in the letter obtained by Fox News, referring to the D.C. National Guard.

“Approval of this request would also result in a substantial readiness impact to the DCNG,” Holly added. “Devoting the personnel or the facility for such an extended mission would force the cancellation or disruption of military training.”

Bowser’s Response

In an apparent response to Holly’s letter, Bowser said her government would “move forward” with plans to help the illegal aliens arriving in D.C. to move on to “their final destination.”

“We know that these unannounced buses are a politically motivated stunt, one that could very quickly lead to a crisis within our own systems. We struggle with a broken immigration system in our country, and we know that cities alone cannot fix it,” she wrote on Twitter on Monday.

In a follow up remark, Bowser described

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