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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTwo busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of VP residence tonight
Shouldn't this be a criminal act?
EDIT to add web story:
By Noah Gray
Updated 9:53 PM EST, Sat December 24, 2022
CNN
Two busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve in 18 degree weather, a law enforcement source told CNN. The source said there was no one from any organization or aid group on the ground to receive them in front of the Naval Observatory, where the vice presidents home is located.
It looked like they had to call either family members or somebody else to come and pick them up, but they were standing out there, shivering with blankets for the last five to 10 minutes, the law enforcement source said.
A separate administration official confirmed the arrival and said law enforcement has estimated that approximately 50 more migrants are inbound and expected late Christmas Eve, likely after 10 p.m. ET. The initial two busloads were taken to local shelters, according to the official.
Its not clear who is responsible for sending the migrants to the Naval Observatory, though CNN reported earlier this year that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had sent buses of migrants north, including to a location outside Harris home.
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https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/24/politics/migrants-dropped-off-vice-president-christmas-eve/index.html
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Just in on this Christmas Eve- Two busloads of migrants (approximately 50 people) were dropped off in front of @VP residence in 18° weather around 8p two sources tell me. 50 more migrants expected later tonight. Unclear at this time where they came from or who sent the group
9:04 PM · Dec 24, 2022
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)DENVERPOPS
(8,862 posts)can Fuck Abbott right back, in short order. Cancel any and all federal funding for anything going to TEXAS.
Are there any Military bases in Texas, schedule de-activating them in a few months from now, "Slow down" all Tax refunds going to a Texas address, etc etc etc Sanctions on Texas, just like Russia. It will be the ONLY thing those Texas Republicans understand.
The irony is, that a multitude of Corporations and industries depend on the immigrants for cheap labor, they don't really want to stop them entering the U.S., they just use it as a sound bite to give their followers some reason to vote for the Republicans.
I want to see the ICE crew set up checkpoints coming out of every single gated community in Texas, Arizona, and Florida, check for green cards or proof of citizenship. Deny the rich all their landscapers, lawn keepers, house keepers, cleaning ladies, window washers, etc
Have raids at every meat and poultry packing business across America, check workers in every agricultural produce company in the U.S.
Enact laws or enforce existing ones that makes it illegal to employ an undocumented worker, and hand out Mandatory jail sentences to the owners or operators of companies or individuals that employ them in their homes and mini mansions.
What ever happened to Trump, when the FBI found blank Social Security Cards and a printing press at one of his resorts here in the U.S.
Phoenix61
(17,021 posts)of any business found to employ anyone not cleared through e-verify. This would be easy to enforce but agriculture and hospitality industry depend on cheap labor they can exploit.
DENVERPOPS
(8,862 posts)And that is true across the entire United States.........The epitome, is what I mentioned, that TRUMP's Golf Courses and Hospitality locations were caught by the FBI with printing presses and in possession of blank Social Security Cards..................
old as dirt
(1,972 posts)This is how we got tfg in the first place.
Mass kidnappings and ethnic cleansings are not a solution to any perceived problem.
abUSed: The Postville Raid Trailer
De Facto Deportees
DENVERPOPS
(8,862 posts)how me saying that "checking workers for LEGAL documentation, WORK VISAS, and GREEN CARDS has anything to do with your retort:
"Mass kidnappings and ethnic cleansings are not a solution to any perceived problem".
old as dirt
(1,972 posts)Last edited Mon Dec 26, 2022, 09:17 PM - Edit history (1)
...that you read the part of your own post that I quoted.
Maraya1969
(22,507 posts)elleng
(131,197 posts)Deuxcents
(16,369 posts)From Texas? The state we are saving from the Artic Blast by providing electricity? Do I have this right?
Yonnie3
(17,500 posts)It is not yet reported where they were transported from.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,664 posts)Aren't the power grids in Texas, with rare exception, isolated from the power grids in the other 47 contiguous states?
former9thward
(32,097 posts)The Dept of Energy is relaxing some of their regulations which will allow TX generating plants to produce more electricity.
nature-lover
(1,471 posts)BlueWaveNeverEnd
(8,105 posts)Emile
(23,024 posts)of illegal immigrants!
AntivaxHunters
(3,234 posts)AmBlue
(3,117 posts)...and to think they could have had BETO! Meanwhile their power grid fails yet AGAIN in the midst of record fold.
Because owning the Libs is so critical to their existence??
brooklynite
(94,792 posts)SunSeeker
(51,745 posts)Bavorskoami
(118 posts)How vile does one have to be to perpetrate such an act! I don't blame only Gov. Abbott, but also his all henchmen. Who even agrees to drive the bus, open the doors and kick them out into that weather?
BWdem4life
(1,703 posts)Just getting paid to drive them from point A to B. Probably lied to the driver about what happens next (nobody alerted and ready to receive them.)
Justice matters.
(6,946 posts)Polybius
(15,507 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 25, 2022, 02:55 PM - Edit history (1)
So they are either greedy or racist, or likely both.
EX500rider
(10,881 posts)Or lives paycheck to paycheck and wants to keep paying his/her rent and eating?
When you're employer says "Drive the bus from here to here" they don't want a lot of "But who and I carrying and why?" stuff.
Skittles
(153,220 posts)in the meantime, Democrats treat the migrants, well, just like Jesus would....imagine that
babylonsister
(171,102 posts)Deuxcents
(16,369 posts)The very state that want to secede.. the very state we are at this minute providing power/electricity b/c their grids are screwed up by politicians.. they do this. On Christmas Eve. This is not going to stop b/c it was not addressed at the start of this. Well need to support these communities until someone, something puts this to a stop. This is cruel for people who just want a better life.. its so wrong
BWdem4life
(1,703 posts)But no, then they would still have slavery right now.
EYESORE 9001
(25,999 posts)Having a hostile nation on our southern border would have been untenable. Instead of fighting an army of misguided, rebellious Americans, the US Army would take on dirty furriners, meaning there was no longer the bugaboo about killing American citizens. There would be continual bloodshed until they were forcibly reunited - and perhaps even after that.
mahatmakanejeeves
(57,664 posts)Hekate
(90,865 posts)Good luck all you poor people. May your lives improve.
Midnight Writer
(21,819 posts)ye have done it unto Me.
Wonder if the baby Messiah was on that bus?
Hekate
(90,865 posts)Good luck to them all
usonian
(9,916 posts)Hopefully there will always be good people courageous enough to take on the bad guys, this is the only way humanity can hope for salvation
―Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom
From: https://deceleration.news/2017/01/02/these-quotes-will-inspire-you-in-your-fight-against-fascism/
Did someone legalize kidnapping? I think not.
Fascists will get away with anything and everything that you let them get away with.
This must stop and won't stop until swift and decisive action is taken against it.
OTOH, I am sure that they will be taken in and cared for.
Your "Christmas Story, 2022"
aggiesal
(8,937 posts)saying you can board the bus as long as you agree this is not human trafficking and you can't blame us.
BWdem4life
(1,703 posts)Doesnt make the illegal thing youre doing to them legal.
aggiesal
(8,937 posts)to try and protect themselves.
EX500rider
(10,881 posts)Solly Mack
(90,792 posts)Welcome the stranger. Fuck conservatives. They ain't never been of the side of good.
JI7
(89,279 posts)Rhiannon12866
(206,278 posts)AllyCat
(16,236 posts)Iris
(15,673 posts)mountain grammy
(26,658 posts)joshdawg
(2,651 posts)This idiocy has abbott's fingerprints all over it.
At least it is something that he would do.
ZonkerHarris
(24,264 posts)usonian
(9,916 posts)From the CNN article:
The DC community has been welcoming buses from Texas anytime theyve come since April, she said. Christmas Eve and freezing cold weather is no different. We are always here welcoming folks with open arms.
SAMU First Response:
https://samufirstresponse.org/
4916 Nights. Goof overlooked.
KentuckyWoman
(6,697 posts)I have never heard of this Org and am glad to know about them.
Thank you.
Warpy
(111,383 posts)but nobody's got the guts to chagre the Sacred Oinker Abbott with anything.
Historic NY
(37,454 posts)now to Jose & Maria.
Martin68
(22,913 posts)this criminal enterprise.
Otterdaemmerung
(76 posts)Not everyone who says to me, Lord, Lord, will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?
Then I will declare to them solemnly, I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.
-- Matthew 7:23, NABRE
Laura PourMeADrink
(42,770 posts)Ever heard of ( next to separating kids from parents). Wish I didn't know this
niyad
(113,613 posts)shrike3
(3,816 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)How christian of them.
NoMoreRepugs
(9,480 posts)Republican shitstain voters is who.
Ilsa
(61,706 posts)tagline whenever a D is in the WH?
orangecrush
(19,645 posts)They are human pond scum.
BWdem4life
(1,703 posts)Its not immediately clear exactly who did this, but we know damn well they are Repuglicans.
Deuxcents
(16,369 posts)Some may be just farmers.. some have educational skills.. we dont know but we use that wide brush to expel and have no idea w/o the time or resources to find out. Its madness
RestoreAmerica2020
(3,439 posts)..that have been exploited by evil, kkkristians R- Govs which would also incl 2 yr housing, food medical, job training education and job placement-- and then have each man woman, child family send a thank you note to sobs that reads, "thanks for the gift of fast-tracking our citizenship with privileges eg voting rights!"
There by the grace of God go I. Ojala..anyone who purposely, knowingly harms those who are fleeing their country seeking aid ...a pox on them! May karma treat them the same way they treat others?
orleans
(34,084 posts)or something
to have all these people get on a bus, take them across state lines and dump them outside at night? who are these assholes that are helping these republican pricks?
lostnfound
(16,193 posts)Polybius
(15,507 posts)While they may have not known what they were agreeing to, kidnapping is forced.
LudwigPastorius
(9,191 posts)Republicans act as though cruelty is a virtue.
Who would Jesus toss out into 18 degree weather, you evil son of a bitch on wheels?
intheflow
(28,506 posts)🙄
I truly hate fake Christians.
iemanja
(53,079 posts)That sounds like attempted murder to me.
LeftInTX
(25,607 posts)We did not have snow or ice, whereas there was snow and ice in TN and there were power blackouts up there.
IzzaNuDay
(363 posts)Abbott did this for the cruelty, using these people as casualties and to own the libs. Yet they are all about g-d and Jesus on Sundays. Shameful.
When are they going to be held accountable? I wont hold my breath.
Karma13612
(4,555 posts)Bushels of tomatoes have to be held accountable at weigh stations and log books, etc,
Do public transit and gray hound bus drivers also have to be accountable as to who, what, when, etc? Im thinking yes.
So, what types of buses are these? Are we talking private hire? Dont they have to have any documentation and know where they are going? And if its a bus load of immigrants, then they should be asking questions. What and who is in charge at the destination. And if they leave people stranded, then they need to be held accountable. I thought we prosecuted people caught bringing in truckloads of immigrants across the boarder in windowless vans and then leave them for dead.
WTAF
MagickMuffin
(15,962 posts)Im certainly glad there are good people to take care of them so they dont freeze to death!
And to my soulless governor, may your stocking be filled with the sounds of chattering teeth.
KentuckyWoman
(6,697 posts)These folks are in much better hands with VP Harris and her staff then they would ever be with Greg Abbott. I highly doubt anyone coordinated in advance but is anyone can get things together fast it's Harris' staff. Especially considering this is an ongoing repeat occurrence.
Oh and Greg Abbott can go pound sand in hades.
Maraya1969
(22,507 posts)I so hope one of them is prosecuted for this abuse.
newdayneeded
(1,959 posts)Abbott believes these are dangerous "animals" like his trump overlord. His wet dream is if one of these immigrants gets desperate from the cold and breaks into her house and attacks for shelter or food. Then they will have their dangerous criminal meme.
Otherwise, why wouldn't he send them to a safe house facility in her hometown instead. Same with the other homes he's sent them too. He's hoping for a violent break-in.
I agree with others up thread. find these bus drivers and prosecute. it wouldn't be long before they'd take a pass on driving the immigrants for risk of going to prison.
EX500rider
(10,881 posts)LetMyPeopleVote
(145,666 posts)eppur_se_muova
(36,305 posts)Abandoning people in sub-freezing weather, without making any provisions for providing shelter?
Yes, volunteers showed up to help, but Abbott did not communicate in advance that they would be needed. He simply abandoned the passengers to their fate. No one froze to death, but that was in no way due to any effort by Abbott to prevent it -- in fact, he seemed to be deliberately risking exactly that outcome.
Seriously, how long is the law going to sit by and let him continue to subject people to such cruelty?