Gov. Abbott is expanding the program that has sent over 7,000 people to Washington, D.C....
Migrants who crossed the border from Mexico into Texas exit a bus as it arrives in Manhattan on Aug. 25, 2022 in New York City. Numerous buses from Texas filled with migrants have arrived in New York City since early August as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott continues to be at odds with New York City Mayor Eric Adams about border policies.under Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing program that has cost the state more than $14 million.
The bill to bus migrants to D.C. and New York City had run over $14.1 million by Aug. 19, according to records obtained through a Texas Public Information Act request. Abbott has since expanded the program to send migrants to Chicago, a move the city’s mayorAbbott aimed to hit Biden hard with migrant busing, but it’s volunteers who are feeling the pain
As of Aug. 12 the state had sent about 6,800 migrants to D.C. and 360 to New York City. By that point, Texas had paid Wynn Transportation, the charter company it hired for the program, more than $12.7 million, records show. That amounts to more than $1,700 per passenger.
Under the program, migrants — who are seeking asylum in the U.S. after fleeing violence or authoritarian governments in Cuba and Venezuela — must agree to be transported out of state. And in some cases, Abbott is giving them where they are likely to have a much easier time making their cases to stay in the country than if they were to remain in Texas., where non-government organizations regularly receive asylum seekers, offer them short-term assistance and help them get to their sponsors in the U.S.
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