Hmmmmm. Sounds like kidnapping and human trafficking
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And a lot of fraud. These bus tickets do not run 1500 per person, even with associated rounding-up costs (although the victims likely assembled themselves as they were deceived).
Yeah, and what is anyone going to do about it? Nothing.
Probably could have housed, fed, and employed those same migrants for that amount
Yeah but then Texas would be treating brown people like human beings /s
Texas is basically the Iraq of the US. Specifically, Saddam-era Iraq, not the lovely paradise it’s become since liberation.
It’s run by a ruthless dictator with a corrupt and criminal government dependent on him for protection. The oil-based economy keeps the money rolling in, with the poor getting the bare minimum to keep them from revolting while the rich get richer and the “elected” leaders get patronage.
He exploits religious and ethnic differences to make sure Texans remain divided and conquered, and will not hesitate to use violence to keep them in line.
I think it’s clear that we will eventually have to invade them and liberate them for their oil.
Specifically, Saddam-era Iraq, not the lovely paradise it’s become since liberation.
Specifically pre ottoman fall and subsequent transfer between a dozen world powers.
$1500 for a bus ticket out of state seems pretty damn high (almost fraudulently high), but not as ridiculous as the headline makes it sound. What is ridiculous is trafficking 52,000 people who have no resources, no support, no contacts, no anything to someplace they didn't choose to go to thousands of miles away.
They agreed to being bussed (but they didn't know exactly where) and Texas officials made sure to get that on paper to cya themselves against lawsuits and criminal charges
You gonna tell me Wynne Transportation isn’t a major donor or otherwise owned by a rabid republiQan?
Last time we dug into Florida’s human trafficking we found all kinds of exciting illegal turds. SOP.
Hating on people sure is expensive
$1500 per bus ticket. You can buy first class airfare for that price. These Republicans sure do love spending other people's money.
They don't call it "The Republican Criminal Enterprise" for nothing
Wondering whether we in the PNW could use our tax $$ to deport some of the MAGA aholes here down to Texas?
Great idea! We can be more efficient by running full buses in both directions
Send them to florida, recommend they live right on the ocean
We have enough of them here already, thanks.
Yeah but Texas is their Rednecca! Welcome them home, they're already drinking light beer towards you multiple times per day!
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Headline is badly worded. The private company did not pay that amount; the private company was paid that amount by the State of Texas.
Why don't headlines ever include important words like "was?"
I was downvoted incredibly heavily for explaining this a while ago, but the answer is to promote misunderstandings. It’s a holdover from print newspapers where every word not printed amounted to extra ad space and article space, and therefore revenue and detail. However, being that that’s not an issue online, its only use is as a form of clickbait called a “crash blossom.”
Why use many word when few word do trick?
Buh? Fnuh.
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I smell a racket
Disaster capitalism at work.
Aaaaaaaand how much does the state get in tax payer funds/year that is supposed to be used to help with these people and their plight in that state? I’m sure they get humanitarian aid.
That's more than annual budget of most regions here!
"we don't have the resources to support these numbers of people" Spends 75 mil to bus them out of state
I simply don't get these ppl. They act like migrant workers are a drag on the economy when they're exactly the opposite.
They're racist what is there to get
At least they're out of texas?
I think you are being downvoted because your question could be interpreted two ways.
Out of sight, out of mind? I hope that's how I'm treated if I'm ever at rock bottom. /s
I was thinking more that texas is probably a bad place to be an immigrant in.
That's probably true. But being shipped to a random city way out across a giant country isn't ok.
There's a silver lining of good intentions here... Immigration court is different from state to state. Texas only approves 35% of asylum seekers. Meaning if you're an illegal in Texas wanting a pathway to legal residency, you're not likely to get it there. Meanwhile, in blue states such as in NY, it's 69% or higher. I would say majority of asylum seekers are seeking asylum for legitimate reasons. My wife tells stories that are very common to her family and other people from Honduras... The drug cartels rule with impunity, they have had family kidnapped for ransom, seeing people killed by gun violence is very normal, etc.
Anyways, typically, when USCIS finishes your intake, you have to be released to the custody of a friend or relative who accepts responsibility for you and you are given to their custody in their state of residence. You can't just ask to be taken to a liberal state, you have to have family there. Republicans are being cute in how they're dealing with immigration, but for the immigrants themselves, it's a favorable outcome.
Interesting. Thank you for the info
Ofc.
Being homeless in the Chicago winter isn’t a great prospect either
Crime pays a lot if you're a Republican!