General Discussion

across the southern border, I think is the point the poster was making. Texas does not get any notice. Texas does not get asked permission if they would like them to enter. Texas does not get to say please only send this many and only at these times and only at these drop off points.

If our democratic values say that we want to allow these people into the country and help them (and currently they do--we are letting in 10,000 migrants per day across the southern border) then that means they must be immediately moved north to major cities. They cannot linger in southern border states simply because there are always more migrants coming across on the heels of those who crossed the day before. I am no fan of Greg Abbott for sure, but even if we had a democratic governor, the migrants would STILL immediately have to be moved north to major cities as soon as they are given permission to stay pending their immigration hearings.

Immigration is a national issue. When we get angry about busses or planes or southern border states, we are getting angry about the wrong thing. If we want to allow these people in and help them, then that means we have to help them. The vast majority of the people coming in are homeless. They have nothing but the clothes on their backs. They have no support system and no one to take them in, which means they are reliant on US social services, at least at first. It is NIMBYism, plain and simple to say "send the busses somewhere else" or "don't bus them at all" hoping they will simply stay away from your city and the problem will be invisible to you. We as democrats must come up with a solid stance on immigration and it can't be talking out of both sides of our mouth, saying "oh, I support helping immigrants" out of one side of our mouth while out of the other we say "as long as I never have one of those busses show up in my town. Make them all stay in Texas border towns where I never have to see a migrant, or have one in my kids' school, or have my tax dollars used to support them, or have them in my neighborhood."

It's NIMBYism, folks. Stop talking about the busses. Migrants have a right to freely travel. Start talking about more funding for the cities that are supporting migrants. Start talking about guest worker programs and getting migrants work permits as soon as they are granted permission to stay pending their hearings. Those are the conversations we need to be having. Not getting mad that a bus full of migrants showed up in your town.