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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(107,957 posts)
Sat Jun 18, 2022, 01:19 PM Jun 2022

REPORT: Texas paid $1,442 for each migrant bused from the border to D.C.

EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — The State of Texas paid more than $1,400 for each migrant bused from the Texas border to Washington, D.C., NBC 5 Investigates reported.

NBC 5 Investigates obtained Texas Division of Emergency Management (TDEM) documents through an open-records request.

They found that busing costs exceeded $1.6 million in April and May, and the total bill might be higher. Records also show that most expenses were security-related, with the state hiring security guards to ride each bus. That alone topped $1 million in the early weeks of the program, according to NBC5 Investigates.

On April 6, Gov. Greg Abbot, R-Texas, announced an “unprecedented” state response to a “migration crisis” that included busing migrants to the steps of the U.S. Capitol, blocking the Rio Grande and conducting extensive searches of commercial trucks coming from Mexico.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/report-texas-paid-dollar1442-for-each-migrant-bused-from-the-border-to-dc/ar-AAYAKj7

That's an expensive bus ticket. Which of your cronies are making money off this Abbot?

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REPORT: Texas paid $1,442 for each migrant bused from the border to D.C. (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jun 2022 OP
You sure showed them, Yeahbut. tanyev Jun 2022 #1
Sounds like someone made a killing (metaphorically speaking) off the immigrants. OAITW r.2.0 Jun 2022 #2
Your tax money at work choie Jun 2022 #3
If I were a migrant, I'd gladly allow Texas taxpayers to bus me somewhere for free. LogicFirst Jun 2022 #4
I heard charities in DC helped them all Tree Lady Jun 2022 #5
This was a stupid stunt by Greg Abbott LetMyPeopleVote Jun 2022 #6

LogicFirst

(571 posts)
4. If I were a migrant, I'd gladly allow Texas taxpayers to bus me somewhere for free.
Sat Jun 18, 2022, 02:02 PM
Jun 2022

Whatever happened to those folks?

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