Fixing the migrant bussing problem?

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56. You're ignoring the point entirely but okay

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In 2022, 2 million migrants illegally crossed the southern border.

1.2 million crossed through Texas.
249K crossed through California

That's a pretty big disparity. California is having to deal with migrants crossing its borders, sure. But Texas is having to deal with FIVE TIMES the number.

My point to you is not about the disparity because every state receives less immigrants from the Southern border than Texas. EVERY state has a disparity, but he’s not sending them to every state.

My point is that in the same way you say it’s not Texas’ job, it’s also not California’s job. You keep saying it’s a national issue, but he’s not making it a national issue. He’s making an issue for a handful of states, not every state in the lower 48 if it was such a national issue.

He’s making it an issue for other state governments. Therefore, as I’ve mentioned, the least he could do in coordinate with other state governments.

It’s not California’s job to take in immigration from Texas plus deal with an influx of immigrants of their own. It’s not the same amount, but we’re not going to act like 249K is a small amount of people to deal with and therefore California has no understanding of an influx.

Instead of sending buses to a state that is not on the Southern border and has not received an influx of people yet, he chooses to send buses to a state that also receives an influx of their own because of partisanship. There are plenty of other states in the lower 48 that haven’t received a bus of people to chose from because it’s such a national issue. Yet, he chooses a border state that received nearly 250K people of their power own rather than plenty of other states that haven’t received a bus yet.

And no, it's not fair to say, those 1.2 million people show up every year in your state because you happen to border Mexico, so it's your job as governor to deal with it. Immigration is a national issue.

Except you must be misinterpreting me because I didn’t say that.

I said it comes with the territory of being governor of a state on the southern border. I even agreed with you that it’s not his job.

It’s not his job but it comes with the territory of being governor. What I’m saying is that the circumstances make it so that he has to be the one to deal with it. It’s unfair to Abbott but this problem is at his doorstep and he’s finding himself having to deal with it. Much like the governor of Florida has to deal with hurricanes. States don’t really have capacity to deal with these things but the circumstances forces them to confront it. It comes with the territory.

I as a taxpayer am personally frustrated that my Texan tax dollars have to be used to do this when FEDERAL money should be used to pay for this

Then it sounds like you should tell Abbott to stop using your using your tax dollars to do it. He chose take on the responsibility to do it. I agree that Texas should receive federal funds for immigration influxes. I think all southern border states should. It’s already been reported that reported that he’s using federal funds for Operation Lone Star.

I’m not a state governor, clearly. If I was, I would be willing to work with Abbott in taking some of the migrants. The thing is that he has to be willing to work with me, rather than just put these people on a bus and drop them off randomly. The key words there are “work with me.” If I was a state governor and Abbott refused to work with me, I’d have no problem spending more tax dollars to put them on a bus back to Texas because it’s not my problem.