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Posted: 2/21/2024 2:35:03 PM EDT
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-spent-nearly-150m-bussing-migrants-sanctuary-cities-report
Texas has spent nearly $150M bussing migrants to 'sanctuary' cities: report Last month, Texas Gov Gregg Abbott announced that Texas sent over 100K migrants to sanctuary cities such as New York Chicago and Washington, DC By Michael Dorgan Fox News Published February 21, 2024 11:17am EST Texas has spent nearly $150 million of taxpayer funds bussing illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities since Gov. Gregg Abbott launched the controversial initiative in April 2022, according to a new report. Abbott, a Republican, started the program to relieve Texas of the influx of migrants who illegally cross the southern border and are then released into the state. It was also launched to protest the Biden administration’s rollback of some pandemic-era border restrictions and to let "sanctuary" cities bear the brunt of their open border policies. Last month, Abbott announced that the state has now sent over 100,000 migrants to sanctuary cities across the United States to relieve what he said are overwhelmed border states. Arizona also began bussing migrants in 2022, while Florida has also done so, as well as flying migrants to liberal strongholds like Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The bussing of migrants is part of Texas’ Operation Lone Star, a joint operation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department to secure the border. Abbott began bussing migrants to Washington, D.C., and then expanded to cities including New York City, Denver, Philadelphia and Chicago. Additionally, the state has sent flights to some cities. The practice has proven to be enormously controversial with those liberal cities and with the Biden administration, who have accused Texas of deliberately causing disruption with a political stunt. However, the initiative has come with a hefty price tag with a report from NPR’s The Texas Newsroom – citing records obtained under the Texas Public Information Act – calculating the cost at more than $148 million as of Jan. 24. Ray Perryman, the president of The Perryman Group, a Texas-based economic research company, said that the $148 million amounts to about half of one percent of Texas' $321 billion two-year state budget. "It certainly is a great deal of money to be spent," Perryman told The Texas Newsroom. "These dollars ... are not a huge percentage of the overall budget so it's certainly something that could be done," Perryman said. "I think the question is, 'Should it be done?'" While announcing last month that Texas had transported over 100,000 migrants to sanctuary cities, Abbott said he had no intention of stopping the initiative. "Until Biden reverses course on his open border policies, Texas will continue transporting migrants to these cities," Abbott said on X. "We will not back down on our efforts to secure the border." Abbott has been reinforcing efforts to stop migrants from crossing into Texas by erecting razor wire and denying federal agents access to Shelby Park. The actions have, in part, led to a sharp decline in border crossings throughout January. Overall, arrests by Border Patrol along the southern border dropped 50% in January compared to December. Sanctuary cities, meanwhile, have complained about the bussing of migrants, with New York City Mayor Eric Adams saying the crisis will "destroy" the Big Apple. Adams has said the state has taken in 170,000 migrants since the spring of 2022 and the cost of feeding and housing them will be at least $10 billion. Chinese migrants speak to a border patrol officer before being processed Both New York City and Chicago have put restrictions on charter buses coming to their cities and Adams has filed a $700 million lawsuit against bus and transportation companies involved in migrant transport. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker last month pleaded with Abbott to stop sending migrants to Chicago due to incoming winter storms. Abbott has sent over 30,000 migrants to Chicago since the middle of 2022. The numbers seen by those cities are a fraction of the millions of migrants that have hit the southern border. There were 2.4 million migrant encounters in FY23 alone and over 302,000 in December. Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report. View Quote Both New York City and Chicago have put restrictions on charter buses coming to their cities and Adams has filed a $700 million lawsuit against bus and transportation companies involved in migrant transport. I bet you people would vounteer to transport them. Let's see NYC sue thousands or hundreds of volunteers... Better yet, have texas set up legal defense funds for the bus companies doing the transportation. I mean, if we're gonna waste taxpayer's money, let's waste it on something like this. |
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Worth every penny. The money the state would spend on them is way greater than the bus ticket. Billions upon billions.
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Far cheaper than housing/feeding them. I applaud the Gov. the fiscal and political astuteness.
For contrast, New York City has spent over $10 billion so far on this crisis. |
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Compared to the cost of hosting illegals (support and societal costs), $150m is a bargain
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They virtue signaled for it, they asked for it. Let them reap the rewards.
Send more. |
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Overall, that's saving millions, compared to what it costs for them to stay. Rollin, rollin', rollin, keep those busses rollin'!!
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Money well spent. Abbot took a regional border problem ment to overwhelm Texas and turn it blue into a national problem. All that money sending those busses to sanctuary cities made it a national problem that daily makes the headlines and hurts the dems, who are starting to fight each other. Praise Governor Abbot.
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Sure, but you know it's just giving NY and IL more federal representatives, right?
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Do they not send them to DC because that would get them a response they want?
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I know a cheaper solution but the DEI illegal alien huggers would REALLY hate it.
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Quoted: https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-spent-nearly-150m-bussing-migrants-sanctuary-cities-report Texas has spent nearly $150M bussing migrants to 'sanctuary' cities: report Last month, Texas Gov Gregg Abbott announced that Texas sent over 100K migrants to sanctuary cities such as New York Chicago and Washington, DC By Michael Dorgan Fox News Published February 21, 2024 11:17am EST Texas has spent nearly $150 million of taxpayer funds bussing illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities since Gov. Gregg Abbott launched the controversial initiative in April 2022, according to a new report. Abbott, a Republican, started the program to relieve Texas of the influx of migrants who illegally cross the southern border and are then released into the state. It was also launched to protest the Biden administration's rollback of some pandemic-era border restrictions and to let "sanctuary" cities bear the brunt of their open border policies. Last month, Abbott announced that the state has now sent over 100,000 migrants to sanctuary cities across the United States to relieve what he said are overwhelmed border states. Arizona also began bussing migrants in 2022, while Florida has also done so, as well as flying migrants to liberal strongholds like Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The bussing of migrants is part of Texas' Operation Lone Star, a joint operation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department to secure the border. Abbott began bussing migrants to Washington, D.C., and then expanded to cities including New York City, Denver, Philadelphia and Chicago. Additionally, the state has sent flights to some cities. The practice has proven to be enormously controversial with those liberal cities and with the Biden administration, who have accused Texas of deliberately causing disruption with a political stunt. However, the initiative has come with a hefty price tag with a report from NPR's The Texas Newsroom citing records obtained under the Texas Public Information Act calculating the cost at more than $148 million as of Jan. 24. Ray Perryman, the president of The Perryman Group, a Texas-based economic research company, said that the $148 million amounts to about half of one percent of Texas' $321 billion two-year state budget. "It certainly is a great deal of money to be spent," Perryman told The Texas Newsroom. "These dollars ... are not a huge percentage of the overall budget so it's certainly something that could be done," Perryman said. "I think the question is, 'Should it be done?'" While announcing last month that Texas had transported over 100,000 migrants to sanctuary cities, Abbott said he had no intention of stopping the initiative. "Until Biden reverses course on his open border policies, Texas will continue transporting migrants to these cities," Abbott said on X. "We will not back down on our efforts to secure the border." Abbott has been reinforcing efforts to stop migrants from crossing into Texas by erecting razor wire and denying federal agents access to Shelby Park. The actions have, in part, led to a sharp decline in border crossings throughout January. Overall, arrests by Border Patrol along the southern border dropped 50% in January compared to December. Sanctuary cities, meanwhile, have complained about the bussing of migrants, with New York City Mayor Eric Adams saying the crisis will "destroy" the Big Apple. Adams has said the state has taken in 170,000 migrants since the spring of 2022 and the cost of feeding and housing them will be at least $10 billion. Chinese migrants speak to a border patrol officer before being processed Both New York City and Chicago have put restrictions on charter buses coming to their cities and Adams has filed a $700 million lawsuit against bus and transportation companies involved in migrant transport. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker last month pleaded with Abbott to stop sending migrants to Chicago due to incoming winter storms. Abbott has sent over 30,000 migrants to Chicago since the middle of 2022. The numbers seen by those cities are a fraction of the millions of migrants that have hit the southern border. There were 2.4 million migrant encounters in FY23 alone and over 302,000 in December. Fox News' Adam Shaw contributed to this report. View Quote Both New York City and Chicago have put restrictions on charter buses coming to their cities and Adams has filed a $700 million lawsuit against bus and transportation companies involved in migrant transport. I bet you people would vounteer to transport them. Let's see NYC sue thousands or hundreds of volunteers... Better yet, have texas set up legal defense funds for the bus companies doing the transportation. I mean, if we're gonna waste taxpayer's money, let's waste it on something like this. View Quote What would it cost them if they left them in TX? There's a cost for that. |
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I think we should not bus them to NY, this is just wrong.
Send them there by the train load, pack them in tight, fuck NY. |
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I hope this influx of illegals crushes Chicago and NYC beyond repair. I cannot extend enough fuck to both of these shit hole cities.
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I’d gladly drive them to North Dakota and tell them it’s NY. Over and over. The money would go further buying alligators and Crocs from Florida to stock the Rio Grande. And Hippos
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Still cheaper than leaving them to pillage in Texas.
And ain't it just like the press to bitch about how much money is being spent to bus them somewhere besides Texas while ignoring the massive drowning costs of handing them food, shelter, medical care, legal representation, cell phones and education? |
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So another attempt trying to make Abbott/TX look bad for spending $150million while the Democrat mayors/governors in the destination states have been crying for billions in dollars from the federal government to help support the small numbers of illegals they've received. Sounds like Abbott is saving the state money overall.
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Quoted: Overall, that's saving millions, compared to what it costs for them to stay. Rollin, rollin', rollin, keep those busses rollin'!! View Quote Limp Bizkit - Rollin' (Air Raid Vehicle) |
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Bussing them out was perhaps the most brilliant political move of this century. Money well spent.
Just a few weeks ago the mayor of Chicago was on CNN ripping Biden a new one for not sending help. They are literally eating themselves. I do wonder what the endgame is though, and how long it will take to get there. |
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Quoted: https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-spent-nearly-150m-bussing-migrants-sanctuary-cities-report Texas has spent nearly $150M bussing migrants to 'sanctuary' cities: report Last month, Texas Gov Gregg Abbott announced that Texas sent over 100K migrants to sanctuary cities such as New York Chicago and Washington, DC By Michael Dorgan Fox News Published February 21, 2024 11:17am EST Texas has spent nearly $150 million of taxpayer funds bussing illegal immigrants to sanctuary cities since Gov. Gregg Abbott launched the controversial initiative in April 2022, according to a new report. Abbott, a Republican, started the program to relieve Texas of the influx of migrants who illegally cross the southern border and are then released into the state. It was also launched to protest the Biden administration’s rollback of some pandemic-era border restrictions and to let "sanctuary" cities bear the brunt of their open border policies. Last month, Abbott announced that the state has now sent over 100,000 migrants to sanctuary cities across the United States to relieve what he said are overwhelmed border states. Arizona also began bussing migrants in 2022, while Florida has also done so, as well as flying migrants to liberal strongholds like Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The bussing of migrants is part of Texas’ Operation Lone Star, a joint operation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department to secure the border. Abbott began bussing migrants to Washington, D.C., and then expanded to cities including New York City, Denver, Philadelphia and Chicago. Additionally, the state has sent flights to some cities. The practice has proven to be enormously controversial with those liberal cities and with the Biden administration, who have accused Texas of deliberately causing disruption with a political stunt. However, the initiative has come with a hefty price tag with a report from NPR’s The Texas Newsroom – citing records obtained under the Texas Public Information Act – calculating the cost at more than $148 million as of Jan. 24. Ray Perryman, the president of The Perryman Group, a Texas-based economic research company, said that the $148 million amounts to about half of one percent of Texas' $321 billion two-year state budget. "It certainly is a great deal of money to be spent," Perryman told The Texas Newsroom. "These dollars ... are not a huge percentage of the overall budget so it's certainly something that could be done," Perryman said. "I think the question is, 'Should it be done?'" While announcing last month that Texas had transported over 100,000 migrants to sanctuary cities, Abbott said he had no intention of stopping the initiative. "Until Biden reverses course on his open border policies, Texas will continue transporting migrants to these cities," Abbott said on X. "We will not back down on our efforts to secure the border." Abbott has been reinforcing efforts to stop migrants from crossing into Texas by erecting razor wire and denying federal agents access to Shelby Park. The actions have, in part, led to a sharp decline in border crossings throughout January. Overall, arrests by Border Patrol along the southern border dropped 50% in January compared to December. Sanctuary cities, meanwhile, have complained about the bussing of migrants, with New York City Mayor Eric Adams saying the crisis will "destroy" the Big Apple. Adams has said the state has taken in 170,000 migrants since the spring of 2022 and the cost of feeding and housing them will be at least $10 billion. Chinese migrants speak to a border patrol officer before being processed Both New York City and Chicago have put restrictions on charter buses coming to their cities and Adams has filed a $700 million lawsuit against bus and transportation companies involved in migrant transport. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker last month pleaded with Abbott to stop sending migrants to Chicago due to incoming winter storms. Abbott has sent over 30,000 migrants to Chicago since the middle of 2022. The numbers seen by those cities are a fraction of the millions of migrants that have hit the southern border. There were 2.4 million migrant encounters in FY23 alone and over 302,000 in December. Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report. View Quote Both New York City and Chicago have put restrictions on charter buses coming to their cities and Adams has filed a $700 million lawsuit against bus and transportation companies involved in migrant transport. I bet you people would vounteer to transport them. Let's see NYC sue thousands or hundreds of volunteers... Better yet, have texas set up legal defense funds for the bus companies doing the transportation. I mean, if we're gonna waste taxpayer's money, let's waste it on something like this. View Quote Worth every fucking penny |
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$150M to transport them, or $300M++ to keep and support them. Seems like a So the liberals are saying that a bus ticket is MORE than a lifetime of state funding for support of an illegal??? Really??? |
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Quoted: Worth every penny. The money the state would spend on them is way greater than the bus ticket. Billions upon billions. View Quote 100% true. This is literally the greatest cost avoidance move ever made. Beside that, there's no number big enough to account for the lives of people they will rob, attack and kill. |
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Quoted: The number is orders of magnitude more than 300M View Quote View All Quotes View All Quotes Quoted: Quoted: So: $150M to transport them, or $300M++ to keep and support them. Seems like a So the liberals are saying that a bus ticket is MORE than a lifetime of state funding for illegal support??? Really??? The number is orders of magnitude more than 300M I agree -- added the "++", but could have *easily* made that $3 billion, with complete confidence. The cost of a bus ticket wouldn't even cover a single month of support for an illegal, much less years. |
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