Woody Guthrie (yeah, a commie symp) wrote a tune called “Do Re Mi”. About the Dust Bowl days.
California had State Troopers on the roads at ports of entry. They would not allow people to enter the state without visible means of support. As in “Believe it t or not, you won’t find it so hot, if you ain’t a got the Do Re Mi” Cash. It was a substantial amount.
From the state of California’s perspective, unemployment was 25%, not counting ranchers or farmers. There were no jobs for them, and no way to feed them. No housing for them.
And no “Welfare” as it is understood today. Nothing. So turning away hordes of impoverished - without the means to help them, what is the immediate short term answer?
Freedom has its price which is why freedom requires FAITH. God, not man, will supply and see them and us through.
Man’s “solutions” with his oppressive government is NEVER the answer.