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mainer

(12,579 posts)
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 08:00 AM Oct 2022

DeSantis wants to "stick it" to blue states -- where most migrants already are

the Transactional Records Access Clearinghouse at Syracuse University (TRAC) analyzed the numbers of asylum seekers awaiting hearings at immigration courts around the country. As of late August, nearly 750,000 people are awaiting asylum hearings in total, TRAC calculates, relying on court records.

Broken out by state, more than 125,000 people are awaiting hearings at the immigration court in California, and more than 110,000 people are awaiting them at the court in New York, per TRAC. Meanwhile, approximately 98,000 are awaiting hearings at the court in Florida. For Texas, it’s around 75,000.

The largest remaining groups are mostly awaiting hearings in courts in blue states such as New Jersey, Massachusetts and Maryland, though some are waiting for hearings at courts in red states.

The upshot? The “burden” of migrants is already widely dispersed. Susan Long, co-director of TRAC, says that while asylum seekers initially arrive in border communities, that’s only the beginning.


https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/09/26/ron-desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard-greg-abbott/
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DeSantis wants to "stick it" to blue states -- where most migrants already are (Original Post) mainer Oct 2022 OP
But he sure does love Blue State socialism. Perhaps he'll demand we send them more money. TheBlackAdder Oct 2022 #1
He has no problems with migrants coming down to FL for clean up....... Lovie777 Oct 2022 #2
Well, Ian has required a job fair for workers to help rebuild Lee County. Baitball Blogger Oct 2022 #3
Most right wing immigration "problems" are false treestar Oct 2022 #4

Baitball Blogger

(52,723 posts)
3. Well, Ian has required a job fair for workers to help rebuild Lee County.
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 11:09 AM
Oct 2022

What an irony if the kind of cheap labor they're looking for, is precisely what these immigrants can provide.

treestar

(82,383 posts)
4. Most right wing immigration "problems" are false
Wed Oct 5, 2022, 11:11 AM
Oct 2022

made up attempts to get people thinking there is a "crisis." The crisis is only in the minds of xenophobes.

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