Fox is reporting that the first bus of "two or three dozen" migrants from the Texas border sent by G

[riversedge]

my god. Abbott needs to be put out to pasture. I think it is horrible to treat refugees, asylum seekers like this.



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Fox is reporting that the first bus of “two or three dozen” migrants from the Texas border sent by Greg Abbott has just arrived in DC to be dropped off near the Capitol.

Link to tweet

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[Mad_Machine76]

1. Are they there voluntarily?

Or were they forcibly relocated?

[riversedge]

4. I have no idea. I can't find any article yet.

[spooky3]

6. According to an article posted at du earlier,

It is illegal to bus them against their will, but not if they choose to go. So I hope someone investigated this.

[Mad_Machine76]

11. I remember that

Abbott had threatened to send them involuntarily, but who knows what he did. I too hope that somebody is investigating his political stunts.

[2naSalit]

2. As soon as they cross the state line...

He commits serious crimes and the feds should be swooping in to remove him in cuffs.

[Baitball Blogger]

22. +1

[Historic NY]

3. They ain't doing shit, he's got trucks backs up for miles

and dumping off people.

[ificandream]

5. Someone in DC should turn those buses around and send them back to Texas where they belong.

[2naSalit]

23. Feds could stop them at the state line.

As soon as they cross the state line, a host of federal offenses exist.

[ificandream]

7. Newsweek article

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/texas-migrant-bus-arrives-in-dc-as-governor-greg-abbott-fulfills-promise/ar-AAWb98E?ocid=uxbndlbing

A bus with dozens of illegal immigrants arrived in Washington, D.C. from Texas on Wednesday, pulling up blocks away from the U.S. Capitol and allowing the people to disembark.

The arrival made good on Texas Governor Greg Abbott's announcement last week that he had directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) to bus migrants who had been released from federal custody out of Texas to D.C. or other locations, Fox News reported.

[Nevilledog]

9. So Abbott is increasing the number of immigrants here illegally. On purpose.

[ificandream]

16. Like I said, someone should turn that bus around and send them all back.

[MagickMuffin]

8. My ears are bleeding listening to those dimwits gushing over this political stunt

What's the objective now that they've sent these people there?

Do these migrants speak English?

Will there be violance committed against the bussed migrants?

Are they just going to be dropped off and left to their own devices?


I'm casting my ballot for BETO!

[haele]

10. Don't see anyone coming off the bus in that clip.

Could just be a case of smoke being blown.
Also, if the supposed passengers were asylum seekers, I'm sure there's an asylum group that collected them in DC and is getting them situated, with places to stay and getting them ready for court dates.
The passengers were supposedly being processed while on the bus to DC, according to snippets in the tweet. Means all the appropriate federal agencies have notice of their arrival and any records of previous entries and affiliations the passengers have.

Not quite the "own the Libs" Abbott imagines it is.

Haele

[Mad_Machine76]

12. You mean

that the immigration system may be working just like it's supposed to and Abbott is gaslighting us that something totally different is happening? Whoa. We should all feel so pwned by Abbott!

[haele]

15. I imagine waiting out the asylum process is more comfortable in DC than Texas right now.

Though later on in the spring, the 'skeeters will be unbearable.
Plenty of prospective employers will be happy to have them once the asylum process is over.

Haele

[FSogol]

13. Awesome, every restaurant, retail store, local farm, and construction company in the area is hiring.

Get those migrants jobs and on track to becoming citizens.

Gov Greg Abbott: Human trafficker!

[tanyev]

25. That was my first thought once I read it was voluntary.

Free bus ride out of Texas all the way to D.C.? Yes, please!

[hamsterjill]

14. Not seeing any local coverage of this.

I’m in San Antonio. I’ve not seen anything on local news since the original story last week.

[ificandream]

17. Maybe Fox just made it up!

But if Newsweek covered it, you would think a reporter on their end confirmed it.

[hamsterjill]

19. No doubt.

Just strange that with all of the MAGA’s here, there hasn’t been a victory party of some sort. They normally cannot keep their glee quiet when their beloved Governor shafts another human being.

[Torchlight]

18. I wonder if Abbott got the idea from Putin

or if Putin got the idea from Abbott.

[gulliver]

20. If we can't turn this around on him we need better talkers

We should thank him for sending the migrants to DC so their claims for asylum can be processed faster. Then they can return to whatever state they wish if asylum is granted.

By offering free rides to DC, Abbott is giving people incentive to cross the borders. He and other Republicans are responsible for any surge

[RussBLib]

21. Title 42 is still in effect

till May 23.

Abbott is consistently a total dick

[pinkstarburst]

24. We need to pay attention

I'm no fan of Abbott.

But people not from Texas should understand that the strain of migrants crossing the border and then being dropped off by border control in small Texas towns in the Rio Grande Valley where their mayors are left to deal with them (with zero funding) is problematic, too. Is having them take a bus ride to DC where they are dropped off somewhere else really any different?

This is why we are losing the Hispanic vote in the Rio Grande valley, if anyone cares. The towns throughout that area are being inundated with migrants and do not have support or resources. This is in the news here all the time. So Abbott coming in and saying hey, instead of border control dropping them off in your town and making them your problem to deal with with no resources (again), we're going to bus them to DC and let someone else carry some of the load for a while... that's going to be exactly what those voters want to hear.

[KY_EnviroGuy]

26. What's that law about crossing state lines to commit a crime?

KY......... ........