The frenzy over busing immigrants is the distraction Gov. Greg Abbott is betting on, even though it fails to create solutions for a broken immigration system — and paradoxically benefits newly arrived migrants
“Arriving migrants have found that Abbott's busing strategy has brought them closer to their destinations and saved them travel costs,” she said.examples of this scheme, like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ plan to trick migrants into boarding a plane to Martha’s Vineyard, the misdirection is still a relatively benign turn of events for migrants who have journeyed through some of the most violent countries in the world to get to the United States.
The stunt seems to be paying off for Gov. Abbott, who is scoring political points just weeks before the November election, where the incumbent is up against Democratic Challenger Beto O’Rourke, who is trailing him in recent polls.Abbott lead over O’Rourke in Texas governor's race widens as voters focus on immigration over abortion
A recent UT/Texas Politics Project poll found that 80% of Texas Republicans and 52% of overall voters supported busing migrants. In the same poll, a majority of voters said Texas officials in office weren’t doing enough to prevent mass shootings and a plurality of voters said they trusted O’Rourke over Abbott on abortion.in English and Spanish, claiming that Beto O’Rourke is in favor of open borders, tying his policies to the smuggling of fentanyl.
Chishti, from Migration Policy Institute, said both parties share the blame for the ad hoc approach to systematic problems with the immigration system. He noted that year after year, multiple administrations have dealt with unauthorized migration across the U.S.-Mexico border.
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