Texas governor sends busload of migrants to Union Station - CBS Chicago

[Rhiannon12866]

CBS 2’s Marybel González has the latest updates after the migrants were dropped off. Mayor Lightfoot weighs in. - Aired on 08/31/2022.

[OAITW r.2.0]

1. Typical Republican Solution.

How about we send every gun toting convicted criminal to Texas? We'll take all the migrants, you take all of the real criminals who love the 2nd Amendment..

[Skittles]

2. he literally treats human beings like cargo

"pro-life" Abbott is sick fucking TRASH

[Judi Lynn]

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

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.”

. . .

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]

4. Thanks, Judi Lynn! This is a terrible story!

At least we heard from Chicago Mayor Lightfoot last night and she said her city is prepared to welcome and care for the migrants Abbott sent to Chicago - but she also blasted him for his insensitivity to people who came to Texas for help.

Mayor Lightfoot says migrants sent from Texas will be welcomed in Chicago - CBS Chicago
https://www.democraticunderground.com/107863709

[mopinko]

5. as a chicagoan, we welcome them.

we'll take pretty good care of them, and we have several thriving mexicano neighborhoods, including mine.
i betcha we get to keep quite a few, but i also bet they can connect w family here w some help from the grapevine.

we got quite a few of the children who were taken.

[Rhiannon12866]

6. Thank you, that's excellent news!

And kudos to Mayor Lightfoot!

[mopinko]

7. i have my beefs w her, but

i personally like her, and the history her election made.
she's not real effective, tho. in 2020, cops were so swamped w neighbor/neighbor and domestic calls that the cops just didnt respond to those calls, or do anything if they did. i had a war on my block w fireworks, and m100's, which is 1/4stick of dynamite and at least 3 felonies to have it in your hand. i, however, was arrested for keying the cars that were illegally parked, blocking my property. i'd called the cops the week before, same cars, and they didnt even make them move them. orders from the 5th flr.