More than 10,000 migrants bused from US-Mexico border to East Coast

[Judi Lynn]

Trévon Austin
4 hours ago

As part of the state’s barbaric and inhumane Operation Lone Star, the Texas government has bused nearly 9,000 migrants seeking asylum to New York City and Washington D.C. over the last several months. According to a statement from Texas Republican Governor Greg Abbott’s office, more than 7,400 immigrants have been bused to D.C. since April and 1,500 to New York City since August 5. Another 1,500 have been sent from Arizona, bringing the total to more than 10,000.

Abbott’s press release claims the program is focused on stemming the alleged influx of drugs and criminals across the US-Mexico border, but his insistence that Biden’s “open border” policies are responsible for increased migration to the US exposes the reactionary character of Abbott’s politics and his loyal subservience to Trump’s fascist agenda.

“The busing mission is providing much-needed relief to our overwhelmed border communities,” the statement said. “Operation Lone Star continues to fill the dangerous gaps left by the Biden Administration's refusal to secure the border.”

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Several prominent Republicans and far-right figures have called on Abbott and other border state governors to declare the surge of refugees as an “invasion” requiring the imposition of emergency powers reserved for wartime—including Texas Lieutenant Governor Dan Patrick who likened the “invasion” at the Southern border to the attack on Pearl Harbor during World War II, ominously adding the state should “put hands on people.”

More:
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2022/09/01/bjwf-s01.html

[Rhiannon12866]

1. Good Grief!

I'd also cross-post this in the Texas Group. Earlier I posted the news story of the busload of migrants that Abbott just sent to Chicago - as a "sanctuary city."

[Judi Lynn]

2. Now it's posted to your Abbott bussing thread. Abbott is a sick, childish lunatic.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/107863706#post3

[Rhiannon12866]

4. Agreed! And thanks!

Abbott really has to go - and Beto is the one to replace him! He not only has ideas, but he has compassion.

[secondwind]

3. Not sure DC is an appropriate place for these folks.

Or is that the reason he is doing this?