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pinkstarburst

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13. It's not Texas' problem

Sat Sep 23, 2023, 07:54 AM

Sep 2023

Immigration is a national issue. If migrants were coming in through a portal in Delaware, it would be no more reasonable to expect 2 million people per year to be fed, housed, educated and cared for solely by the state of Delaware. It doesn't matter where the border happens to be located. If our values say that we are letting these people cross in (and that's what we are doing right now--due to massive political and economic unrest, particularly in Venezuela), then the entire country must be responsible for taking them in.

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Fixing the migrant bussing problem? [View all] Pantagruel Sep 2023 OP

No one should be "mad" at Texas pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #1

Screw that. Texas should be required to keep them and house, feed, etc, them ALL Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #2

And here I thought immigration was a national issue ripcord Sep 2023 #3

How very NIMBY n/t SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2023 #4

It's not NIMBYism Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #5

Laughable SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2023 #6

So you WANT Texas' problem to become Democratic states' problem? Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #7

It's not a Texas problem SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2023 #8

You aren't understanding ripcord Sep 2023 #9

And the national policy should be Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #10

Why? SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2023 #11

Because that's where they're coming in Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #12

How are our families... stuck in the middle Sep 2023 #29

That's where the problem is. pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #14

Fine. If Texas is stubbornly refusing to come around to the RIGHT-THINKING side Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #15

Again, immigration is a national issue pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #17

+1 n/t area51 Sep 2023 #18

"NIMBYism isn't going to work." Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #20

The hypocrisy is stunning n/t SickOfTheOnePct Sep 2023 #21

Is it, though? Sympthsical Sep 2023 #62

It is NIMBYism, plain and simple pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #24

Well, okay, friend Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #25

You mean... stuck in the middle Sep 2023 #28

I meant that when Mayor Eric Adams is on video saying refugees Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #30

Do your attacks... stuck in the middle Sep 2023 #31

I'm trying to prevent Democrats from being attacked Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #32

You are... stuck in the middle Sep 2023 #33

I'm not demonising anyone but Greg Abbott and all Goppers generally Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #35

Do you... stuck in the middle Sep 2023 #36

Yes. (?) Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #38

Democrats in Texas are already being attacked by the migrant population. TexasTowelie Sep 2023 #52

+1 n/t ChazII Sep 2023 #65

Texas Hispanics intelpug Sep 2023 #57

My wife often rides the bus. stuck in the middle Sep 2023 #67

It's not Texas' problem pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #13

Maybe you could start Zeitghost Sep 2023 #41

I DON'T have a problem with immigrants. Far from it Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #50

And yet you seem to agree with the Gov. of Texas Zeitghost Sep 2023 #69

Wrong. I don't want them used by Goppers to embarrass or target Democrats (n/t) Seeking Serenity Sep 2023 #70

Even if Zeitghost Sep 2023 #71

Do you have ANY idea how bad posts like yours in this thread make Democrats look? highplainsdem Sep 2023 #39

Rant on. TexasTowelie Sep 2023 #51

We can be mad at Abbott for acting like a whiny little ***** In It to Win It Sep 2023 #26

I agree that the way it's being done pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #34

Several points for me In It to Win It Sep 2023 #42

Here are the numbers pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #53

You're ignoring the point entirely but okay In It to Win It Sep 2023 #56

And this is the problem pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #59

You can guess how that conversation would go In It to Win It Sep 2023 #63

Greg Abbott ought to be schmeared underneath the wheels of a bus... DemocraticPatriot Sep 2023 #47

they pass through Texas treestar Sep 2023 #40

I think you are quite right that Democrats across the country should be DemocraticPatriot Sep 2023 #45

War against Mexico intelpug Sep 2023 #58

People like to say they are pro-immigrant Sympthsical Sep 2023 #60

Process immigrants faster. Freethinker65 Sep 2023 #16

It is not a Texas-Mexico border. It is a U.S.-Mexico border. In fact, the border is federal property dalton99a Sep 2023 #19

A good start? Pantagruel Sep 2023 #22

Fixing the migrant problem Mad_Machine76 Sep 2023 #23

+1000000000000000000 In It to Win It Sep 2023 #43

Geeze! What a Train Wreck of a Thread! stuck in the middle Sep 2023 #27

You can't move people who don't want to go Zeitghost Sep 2023 #37

"the results seem to be all positive."...... DemocraticPatriot Sep 2023 #46

Are they better off in CA/NY or not? Zeitghost Sep 2023 #68

The bussing is not the problem. KentuckyWoman Sep 2023 #44

Yes, "inhumane treatment is a problem"... or rather, THE PROBLEM DemocraticPatriot Sep 2023 #48

The federal government KentuckyWoman Sep 2023 #49

Whose responsibility is this? pinkstarburst Sep 2023 #54

I really don't snowybirdie Sep 2023 #55

Treating people.. stuck in the middle Sep 2023 #61

I hold with great conviction the problem are imaginary red and black lines on map Torchlight Sep 2023 #64

Or stop them from coming here Polybius Sep 2023 #66