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Texas is sending asylum seekers to major cities by bus with little notice. A coalition of mayors implement new rules to slow the surge (www.cnn.com)

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Frustrated by “rogue buses” from Texas dropping off migrants by the thousands, the mayors of New York, Chicago and Denver are trying to slow the surge by requiring the bus operators to coordinate arrivals under the threat of impound, fines and even jail time.

Last week, 14 busloads of migrants from Texas made their way to New York City – the highest total recorded since spring 2022, Mayor Eric Adams said, citing the city’s Asylum Seeker Arrival Center.

At the direction of Texas’ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, the Lone Star state has bused over 90,000 migrants to “sanctuary cities” run by Democrats like Washington, DC, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles since April 2022, according to numbers released by the governor’s office Friday.

In justifying the busing of migrants who cross the southern border, Abbott in a statement last year said “it was just Texas and Arizona that bore the brunt of all the chaos and problems that come with it.”

“Now, the rest of America can understand exactly what is going on,” he said.

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[-] DoomBot5@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

Time to transfer federal funding from Texas to the states receiving these rogue busses. These welfare states really need a reminder on what's keeping them functioning to begin with.

[-] teh_bishop@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Except that I’m sure to be downvoted into oblivion here like I was on Reddit, I can explain pretty much any part of this process and program for transport as I was the guy that created the whole thing before it was turned into a political tool to subrogate humans. I left Texas and state govt but the way they’re being misled is not being allowed to know the route that they’re being taken on and kept in the dark to try and ensure they all end up at the end city even though the document they sign says they can get off anywhere (which they can) but it won’t work out that way.

[-] sin_free_for_00_days@sopuli.xyz 1 points 10 months ago

Doesn't California get more immigrants by most measures? At least they seem to run their state in a way that works.

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 1 points 10 months ago

Can we vote to rename Texas: NIMBY?

[-] recapitated@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Or just return it back to Mexico, problem solved

[-] Pat_Riot@lemmy.today -3 points 10 months ago

Can we give Texas to one of the Mexican cartels so they can find out how good they had it?

[-] Pratai@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

They already have the GOP.

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