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.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    1192·
    1 year ago

    Why is no one being arrested for human trafficking? It’s human trafficking no matter what the immigrant’s legal status is.

    • jeffw@lemmy.world
      38·
      1 year ago

      I feel like I remember investigations when this stuff first happened, but they never went anywhere. I think the GOO has claimed they have the consent of the people on the buses, although it sounds like they are being mislead.

      • APassenger@lemmy.world
        8·
        1 year ago

        I keep hearing that they’re misled. I can believe it. Has anyone gone undercover for a story or as an investigation to see what actually happens?

        We need some hard reporting because all I see now is racial bias being triggered on the left. It’s done with the best of intentions, but it’s there nonetheless.

        I live in California. Soon they’ll be eligible to get Medical insurance. I have no issue with this. Let’s empower people. Not resent them in some kind of low key way.

        • Shyfer@ttrpg.network
          6·
          1 year ago

          Here’s one story from last time about them being misled when sent to Martha’s Vineyard.

          Detailing “how its clients were induced to board airplanes and cross state lines under false pretenses,” the legal aid group said that only after the planes landed did the immigrants “learn that the offers of assistance had all been a ruse to exploit them for political purposes.”

          Basically they were told they were being helped or sent to one place where they have a hearing scheduled, or that their hearing was moved, then they’d be sent to whatever city instead.

      • Zippy@lemmy.world
        12·
        1 year ago

        I am not sure they are being misled. I am also comfortable with more open border policies. But I also understand the border states being a bit frustrated. It fairly easy to shit on them when your state doesn’t see the issues first hand. But getting back to the misleading part. With so many immigrants in a smaller area, being spread to cities like new York would certainly give them far more work options. Also a great deal of them may have relatives in various areas and this would make it easier to join them. I think this is a bonus overall to immigrants.