Fixing the migrant bussing problem?

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59. And this is the problem

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.

So let's say for argument's sake that Abbott called up Eric Adams today and said, "Hey, I've got 500 migrants headed your way on busses. Just wanted to let you know. They'll be there in two days so you can have resources ready..." what do you think Adams' response would be? Or that of any mayor or governor? Do you think they are going to say, "Thanks, Greg, for the phone call! We'll get things organized and be ready for them!" Or do you think they are going to be pissy, start bitching that there is no more room for any more migrants, that they have taken in ENOUGH PEOPLE, that NYC has no more room, that they can't take any more, and that he should send them some place else?

I can guess how that conversation would go.

The thing of it is, Greg Abbott doesn't get a warning phone call before 1.2 million migrants show up on his doorstep. No one asks his permission if it's okay. No one asks if he's okay if they show up in Texas.

So if you're arguing that as long as Abbott picks up the phone and says "They're coming, FYI" he's done his due diligence and no governor or mayor has the right to complain or turn migrants away or whine that they already have too many people (spoiler alert: Texas has LOTS of migrants here already too!) then fine. But if those phone calls are going to involve a lot of whining and "I don't want those people, send them to someone else" then I still think the appropriate person to be coordinating that is someone in the federal government--like don't we have someone overseeing the southern border?