Abbott asked Texans to personally contribute their own money to pay for the trips.
. “Word will be passed from community to community that if you can just get to Texas, the Governor there will pay for your transportation anywhere in the USA.”
Abbott’s office did not respond to multiple questions about the policy, including why the governor is now asking for private donations, if the plan will be partially or solely funded by private donations and how much has been raised to date. On the state-hosted website accepting funds for the transportation, the current donation tally reads only “TBD” as of April 13.
Mark Jones, a political science professor at Rice University, said the governor may be trying to escape blowback. During the 30-some-hour coach bus ride, passengers were provided with meals, the migrants said. Many of the buses’ passengers said they had saved up thousands of dollars just to arrive at the border and had little money left by the time they arrived in Texas.
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