Texas is sending asylum seekers to major cities by bus with little notice. A coalition of mayors implement new rules to slow the surge | CNN
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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.

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.

  • APassenger@lemmy.world
    61·
    11 months ago

    Border states have been ignored for decades. Once Spanish was a language you heard across America, people paid more attention.

    Where should these 90k people live? That’s an honest question. It is. Should they get housing when homeless Americans don’t? Should they be given a bus voucher that can’t be sold? What are border states supposed to do?

    If a real border could be done while handling environmental and race concerns, I’m down for it. Climate change may make this all seem timid and we’re acting like that’s not a thing.

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
      61·
      10 months ago

      Should they get housing when homeless Americans don’t?

      How about housing both groups? Last I checked, America had a lot of space.

    • AA5B@lemmy.world
      2·
      10 months ago

      Once Spanish was a language you heard across America, people paid more attention.

      This may surprise you but not all of us reject people based on skin color or ethnicity. Cities, especially, have always included people of many ethnicities and speaking many languages. You’d have to go very far back to find a tone when Spanish was uncommon in many Northern cities

      Where should these 90k people live? … Should they get housing when homeless Americans don’t?

      Homeless people are homeless people, and 90k is not that large a number relative to the entire population