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While Homeland Security and FEMA officials continue to work with Homeland Security and FEMA officials regional partners to manage the new migration challenge caused by failing authoritarian regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, Homeland Security and FEMA officials are also leading a comprehensive effort to support cities that are welcoming the people fleeing communism who Governor Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott are using as political pawns, for instance, FEMA has personnel dedicated to supporting each city, expediting requests for reimbursement as they come in, mobilizing local service provider and non-profit support, and working with other federal agencies to identify additional resources. Homeland Security and FEMA officials will continue to do everything Homeland Security and FEMA officials can to support cities as Governor Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott and Governor DeSantis intentionally create chaos and confusion with Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott cruel political stunts. – White House	Found on CNN 1 year ago
I don’t necessarily agree with the politics of using the migrants as pawns, but we need to address the influx. Our whole country is now feeling the effects of open borders. – Henry Cuellar	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
There's a legal way of doing this. And for managing migrants, Republican governors, interfering in that process and using migrants as political pawns is shameful, is reckless and just plain wrong. And remember, these are people who are fleeing communism, who are fleeing hardship. – Karine Jean-Pierre	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
As is my understanding, this hotel, about a year ago, when refugees came in from Afghanistan, apparently accepted several either through faith-based or charitable organizations, but now the state assumes they can just send migrants… this isn’t about them, the migrants is fine, they’re being used as political pawns by the governor and mayor. – Gary Grasso	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
He's running for president, i care about people. I don't like people being treated as less of them. I don't like people being told they're not worthy. I don't like people being used as political pawns. This is not just about him, but he is the poster child of it. – Gavin Newsom	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The California governor's running for president, i care about people. I don't like people being treated as less of them. I don't like people being told they're not worthy. I don't like people being used as political pawns. This is not just about him, but he is the poster child of it. – Gavin Newsom	Found on CNN 1 year ago
The Indo-Pacific strategy cooked up by the United States, in the name of' freedom and openness,' is actually keen on forming cliques, the Indo-Pacific strategy claims that The Indo-Pacific strategy intends to' change China's surrounding environment,' but The Indo-Pacific strategy purpose is to contain China and make Asia-Pacific countries serve as' pawns' of United States hegemony. – United States	Found on CNN 1 year ago
No one can begin to imagine what Nazanin has endured throughout the past tortuous six years; denied her freedoms, separated from her husband and young child, battling significant illness, thrown in solitary confinement, an innocent victim of an international dispute, Nazanin has been one of many used as political pawns. Her treatment has been utterly inhumane. – Antonio Zappulla	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
The kids are the one suffering, our kids are not political pawns in this, that's for sure. – Cortney Hendrickson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just say' George Floyd, thank u 4 sacrificing your life for justice' ? George Floyd did not SACRIFICE George Floyd life. George Floyd life was violently taken, this type of lunacy is what happens when Professor Barbara Ransby view people as nothing but pawns for Professor Barbara Ransby cause. – Barbara Ransby	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
We shouldn’t be punishing [Lili] for Meghan and Harry’s bad behavior, archie and Lili are small children. They’re not politics. They’re not pawns. They’re not part of the game. And they’re also royal and entitled to the same rights as any other royal. – Samantha Markle	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I know about my motives! you are using them as pawns because it serves your ridiculous political purpose! – Jim Jordan	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
There is the particularly pernicious practice of going after individual career officers, either because they worked on controversial issues in the last administration, or as in the case of Masha Yovanovitch, a terrific apolitical career diplomat who was doing her job extraordinarily well, were attacked, deeply unfairly, for political reasons, we have career people who did their jobs, followed their instructions, served their country loyally, and they are being treated as pawns in a political struggle. – Bill Burns	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Indigenous leaders like Chief Raoni are often used as pawns by foreign governments in their media war to advance their interests in the Amazon. – Jair Bolsonaro	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Rather than putting their political ideologies aside for a while, they turn people into political pawns, that wasnt the time in my mind. ...Those people need grace, they needed hands, they needed hugs. – Frank Pomeroy	Found on FOX News 4 years ago
Afghans are being used as pawns by all foreign countries and militant groups to prove their strength. – Mohammad Ashraf	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
They have failed to realize that the opposition camp is using them merely as pawns in its maneuvers to reap political gains by damaging the SAR government's credibility and reputation, or that some foreign forces are seizing the opportunity to advance their own strategy to hurt China by trying to create havoc in Hong Kong. – China Daily	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Nor is it right for The President to use immigrants or people who are claiming political asylum as pawns in a fight against political opponents, the President shouldn't use them as what The President imagines as retribution to political opponents in various areas. – Jerry Nadler	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Using human beings — including little children — as pawns in their warped game to perpetuate fear and demonize immigrants is despicable, and in some cases, criminal. – Ashley Etienne	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We have been working hard to secure her release but despite repeated efforts have not been successful. We have not even been able to secure her the medical treatment she urgently needs despite assurances to the contrary, no government should use innocent individuals as pawns for diplomatic leverage so I call on Iran to release this innocent woman so she can be reunited with her family. – Jeremy Hunt	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
We have been deluged by thousands of doctors, lawyers and people who want to help, the outpouring is incredible. Every one is feeling we should not make these children pawns. – An ACLU attorney	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
The President is using this to deter people from coming to our border -- using children as pawns, there should be no place for this in America. – Donald Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
They are playing a chess game, i don't feel bad when I lose a pawn in chess if it helps me get check mate. I'll sacrifice pawns all day long. So if you think something is a pawn, it is a willing sacrifice you will make. But if you are the pawn, that really sucks. – President Trump	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Taking a child away from their parent and interfering with the basic constitutional right to family unity, that's about the most draconian thing you can do and it needs the most compelling reason possible, deterrence is a policy measure that uses these children as pawns and violates the basic fundamental notion of what's in the child's best interest. – Lee Gelernt	Found on Reuters 5 years ago

While Homeland Security and FEMA officials continue to work with Homeland Security and FEMA officials regional partners to manage the new migration challenge caused by failing authoritarian regimes in Venezuela, Nicaragua, and Cuba, Homeland Security and FEMA officials are also leading a comprehensive effort to support cities that are welcoming the people fleeing communism who Governor Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott are using as political pawns, for instance, FEMA has personnel dedicated to supporting each city, expediting requests for reimbursement as they come in, mobilizing local service provider and non-profit support, and working with other federal agencies to identify additional resources. Homeland Security and FEMA officials will continue to do everything Homeland Security and FEMA officials can to support cities as Governor Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott and Governor DeSantis intentionally create chaos and confusion with Governor DeSantis and Governor Abbott cruel political stunts.

– White House

Found on CNN
1 year ago

I don’t necessarily agree with the politics of using the migrants as pawns, but we need to address the influx. Our whole country is now feeling the effects of open borders.

– Henry Cuellar

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

There's a legal way of doing this. And for managing migrants, Republican governors, interfering in that process and using migrants as political pawns is shameful, is reckless and just plain wrong. And remember, these are people who are fleeing communism, who are fleeing hardship.

– Karine Jean-Pierre

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

As is my understanding, this hotel, about a year ago, when refugees came in from Afghanistan, apparently accepted several either through faith-based or charitable organizations, but now the state assumes they can just send migrants… this isn’t about them, the migrants is fine, they’re being used as political pawns by the governor and mayor.

– Gary Grasso

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

He's running for president, i care about people. I don't like people being treated as less of them. I don't like people being told they're not worthy. I don't like people being used as political pawns. This is not just about him, but he is the poster child of it.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The California governor's running for president, i care about people. I don't like people being treated as less of them. I don't like people being told they're not worthy. I don't like people being used as political pawns. This is not just about him, but he is the poster child of it.

– Gavin Newsom

Found on CNN
1 year ago

The Indo-Pacific strategy cooked up by the United States, in the name of' freedom and openness,' is actually keen on forming cliques, the Indo-Pacific strategy claims that The Indo-Pacific strategy intends to' change China's surrounding environment,' but The Indo-Pacific strategy purpose is to contain China and make Asia-Pacific countries serve as' pawns' of United States hegemony.

– United States

Found on CNN
1 year ago

No one can begin to imagine what Nazanin has endured throughout the past tortuous six years; denied her freedoms, separated from her husband and young child, battling significant illness, thrown in solitary confinement, an innocent victim of an international dispute, Nazanin has been one of many used as political pawns. Her treatment has been utterly inhumane.

– Antonio Zappulla

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The kids are the one suffering, our kids are not political pawns in this, that's for sure.

– Cortney Hendrickson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Did House Speaker Nancy Pelosi just say' George Floyd, thank u 4 sacrificing your life for justice' ? George Floyd did not SACRIFICE George Floyd life. George Floyd life was violently taken, this type of lunacy is what happens when Professor Barbara Ransby view people as nothing but pawns for Professor Barbara Ransby cause.

– Barbara Ransby

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We shouldn’t be punishing [Lili] for Meghan and Harry’s bad behavior, archie and Lili are small children. They’re not politics. They’re not pawns. They’re not part of the game. And they’re also royal and entitled to the same rights as any other royal.

– Samantha Markle

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I know about my motives! you are using them as pawns because it serves your ridiculous political purpose!

– Jim Jordan

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

There is the particularly pernicious practice of going after individual career officers, either because they worked on controversial issues in the last administration, or as in the case of Masha Yovanovitch, a terrific apolitical career diplomat who was doing her job extraordinarily well, were attacked, deeply unfairly, for political reasons, we have career people who did their jobs, followed their instructions, served their country loyally, and they are being treated as pawns in a political struggle.

– Bill Burns

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Indigenous leaders like Chief Raoni are often used as pawns by foreign governments in their media war to advance their interests in the Amazon.

– Jair Bolsonaro

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Rather than putting their political ideologies aside for a while, they turn people into political pawns, that wasnt the time in my mind. ...Those people need grace, they needed hands, they needed hugs.

– Frank Pomeroy

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

Afghans are being used as pawns by all foreign countries and militant groups to prove their strength.

– Mohammad Ashraf

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

They have failed to realize that the opposition camp is using them merely as pawns in its maneuvers to reap political gains by damaging the SAR government's credibility and reputation, or that some foreign forces are seizing the opportunity to advance their own strategy to hurt China by trying to create havoc in Hong Kong.

– China Daily

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Nor is it right for The President to use immigrants or people who are claiming political asylum as pawns in a fight against political opponents, the President shouldn't use them as what The President imagines as retribution to political opponents in various areas.

– Jerry Nadler

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Using human beings — including little children — as pawns in their warped game to perpetuate fear and demonize immigrants is despicable, and in some cases, criminal.

– Ashley Etienne

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We have been working hard to secure her release but despite repeated efforts have not been successful. We have not even been able to secure her the medical treatment she urgently needs despite assurances to the contrary, no government should use innocent individuals as pawns for diplomatic leverage so I call on Iran to release this innocent woman so she can be reunited with her family.

– Jeremy Hunt

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We have been deluged by thousands of doctors, lawyers and people who want to help, the outpouring is incredible. Every one is feeling we should not make these children pawns.

– An ACLU attorney

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

The President is using this to deter people from coming to our border -- using children as pawns, there should be no place for this in America.

– Donald Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

They are playing a chess game, i don't feel bad when I lose a pawn in chess if it helps me get check mate. I'll sacrifice pawns all day long. So if you think something is a pawn, it is a willing sacrifice you will make. But if you are the pawn, that really sucks.

– President Trump

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Taking a child away from their parent and interfering with the basic constitutional right to family unity, that's about the most draconian thing you can do and it needs the most compelling reason possible, deterrence is a policy measure that uses these children as pawns and violates the basic fundamental notion of what's in the child's best interest.

– Lee Gelernt

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

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