There is no "Border Crisis"

[edhopper]

There are problems with the border and immigration that a thoughtful bipartisan bill could help alleviate, but there is no fix as long as the countries the people come from are in the state they are.
Meanwhile, there is a Climate Crisis, a Healthcare Crisis, an Income Inequity Crisis, a Women's Rights Crisis.
We also have a Republican leadership Crisis, but we will never see that mentioned.
Don't expect the MSM to highlight any of those while they ride the fictional "Border Crisis" all the way to November, after which they will drop the story as if it doesn't exist.

[GreenWave]

1. And how many are actually leaving the USA is another story...

[Walleye]

2. Of course on the news you hear the words border crisis endlessly

[Blues Heron]

3. cut the cable - then at least you dont have to be subjected to it first hand!

I cant even stand the way they speak, the way they emphasize certain words, the timbre and pacing of their scripted phrases. the whole vibe of it seems so phony.

[edhopper]

6. I don't watch Cable News that much

and I am not the problem. I am fully aware of which Party is mucking things up.

I worry on those half aware voters who are going to decide this election.

[Blues Heron]

9. its shocking how much penetration those TV screens have - offices, waiting rooms, airports etc.

It seems so weird to me having not had a TV for years now.

[edhopper]

11. This is true

Especially Fox, considering their viewership only averages about 1.5 million, they are on too many of those public TVs.

[Johnny2X2X]

4. Bussing

The act of bussing immigrants to Northern cities was immoral and wrong. Those cities aren't set up to accept and process immigrants like border cities are. SO it is creating a very real crisis in cities like New York, Chicago, and Denver.

It is wrong, but it is also a brilliant political move by Republicans. They've won the immigration argument with this move.

The counter move to it though can be the Bide administration stripping border states of funds and transferring those funds to the Northern cities to handle this influx of immigrants. If the funding and infrastructure is there, these immigrants can be a huge positive to cities.

[edhopper]

7. It is certainly working

in NY-3 here in New York (Santos special election). The problem of bus loads of immigrants being dumped here is helping the GOP challenger.
Republican caused problem, and people want a "tough on immigration Representative".

Even though she is another Grifter. It is sad.

[mountain grammy]

15. Any chance of flipping that seat?

[edhopper]

16. I think it is 50/50

it is a special election, which means low voter turn out. Numbers will matter.

[ripcord]

12. Abbott did indeed win the PR battle

When he started bussing immigrants claiming his state was unable to deal with the overwhelming numbers people starting looking to prove him wrong and found he was telling the truth.

[pinkstarburst]

13. So you think that Eagle Pass, Tx, population 28,000 people

is set up to receive 30,000 migrants in three days, and that's all fine and good (this actually happened and happens ALL THE TIME.) But Chicago, population 2.8 million, has a right to whine about receiving 24,000 migrants over the course of many months?

[Johnny2X2X]

14. I think the Federal government

The federal government sends Texas tens of $Billions a year to handle the border and process immigrants, Chicago is getting nothing. The facilities and personnel for processing immigrants are in Texas and other border states, if their solution is to bus immigrants to Northern cities, that money, personnel, and facilities should also move fromk Texas to Chicago.

[pinkstarburst]

17. Except Texas IS handling the border and processing immigrants

The trouble is the sheer number of migrants crossing. In 2023, there were 2.45 MILLION migrant encounters at the southern border, up from 2022, when it was 2.2 MILLION. And most of the crossings come through Texas.

Sit with those numbers for a minute.

Yes, the border states process the 2.45 MILLION migrants who cross and are permitted to stay every year pending their immigration hearings, but they are not a dumping ground for every migrant who enters the United States. Once they are legally permitted to stay pending immigration hearings, they are allowed to travel anywhere in the country.

If the issue is that we cannot support 2.45 MILLION new migrants every year, who will end up in the major cities as those are the only places with resources like homeless shelters, then the conversation must shift to limiting the number of people who are allowed into the United States per year in the first place. Not getting angry at Texas or saying take money away. If we can support 2.45 MILLION new migrants every single year (which means all the migrants NYC and Chicago and Denver are struggling to house and support now plus DOUBLE that number in each city by the end of 2024 because more are always coming, and TRIPLE that number by the end of 2025), then Congress needs to allocate more funds, not take away funds.

But the numbers are what they are.

[ck4829]

5. There is a medical bills are too high crisis, there is a Trump destroying our government crisis

There is a letting the same people who think powdered sugar is meth determine if it was a miscarriage or an evil abortion crisis.

There is a maternal mortality crisis.

There is an incompetent Republican crisis.

There is a gun violence crisis.

But no, there isn’t a border crisis.

[Poiuyt]

8. Meanwhile, immigrants are set to increase the US economy by $7 trillion

“The labor force in 2033 is larger by 5.2 million people, mostly because of higher net immigration. More workers mean more output and that in turn leads to additional tax revenue,” Swagel said at a briefing unveiling the agency’s annual economic and budget forecast.

“As a result of those changes in the labor force, we estimate that from 2023 to 2034, GDP will be greater by about $7 trillion and revenues will be greater by about $1 trillion than they would have been otherwise,” he said.

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/cbo-report-immigrants-boost-economy_n_65c403b2e4b0fb721d5f8762

[redqueen]

10. GDP will be greater - well that's good for some people

Now explain to the voters how having all those new workers here will help them earn enough to afford housing.