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In reply to the discussion: Fixing the migrant bussing problem? [View all]pinkstarburst
(1,869 posts)is an absolute disaster, but even in that, I cannot fault Abbott, and do you know why? In the same way that is is not Texas's job to handle immigration for the United States of America, it is not Greg Abbott's job to deal with the 1.2 million migrants who cross every year INTO TEXAS and that the federal government is currently doing nothing about.
So if your argument is that the process is not orderly? Take that up with the Biden administration. They should be providing the busses. They should have those busses lined up in every single border town, organized, coordinated with the major cities across the nation, taking these people out of the border towns the moment the cross and spreading them out to every state in the nation. This is NOT GREG ABBOTT's job. He is only doing it right now because Texas has been shouldering the burden alone for too long and he wanted to make the problem more visible.
So if you have complaints about how the bussing is being done, the person to complain to is not Abbott. Immigration is a NATIONAL issue. Not a Texas issue.
BTW, I am no Greg Abbott fan. I can't stand the guy. But on this one tiny thing, he is not entirely wrong. And most Texans I know feel that he is not entirely wrong for finally making the rest of the country recognize what Texas and other border states have been dealing with alone for years.