Posted on 01/16/2024 5:00:04 AM PST by Mr. Mojo
Since April 2022, more than 100,000 foreign nationals who have illegally crossed the border have been bused or flown from Texas to six sanctuary cities. This equates to roughly 5% of those who illegally entered Texas in fiscal 2023 alone, the highest number on record, The Center Square exclusively reported.
Gov. Greg Abbott began busing foreign nationals who illegally entered the U.S. and were unlawfully released by the Biden administration into Texas, he argues, to provide relief to border communities, including at least 50 that declared disasters citing the border crisis.
The first self-described sanctuary city to receive foreign nationals from Texas was Washington, D.C. Not soon after, its mayor declared a state of emergency and asked the federal government to deploy the National Guard for help, which it denied. Texas has sent more than 12,500 people to the nation’s capital since April 2022.
Abbott then expanded the operation to New York City in August 2022. Since then, Texas has bused more than 37,100 people there, with thousands more transported by the Democratic city of El Paso. El Paso officials say New York City and Chicago are the destinations of choice of illegal border crossers arriving there.
In response, New York City Mayor Eric Adams declared a state of emergency, blamed Abbott for the border crisis and said the city didn’t have the funds to deal with the influx of people. The city most recently sued 19 private busing companies contracted by Texas, a lawsuit the governor says is baseless. Instead, Adams should sue President Joe Biden, Abbott argues.
In August 2022, Texas began busing foreign nationals to Chicago. Not soon after, the mayor also declared a state of emergency and attempted to stop the buses from dropping off foreign nationals in the city. Texas then began flying foreign nationals to northern Illinois in response.
Democratic leaders in Illinois blamed Abbott for the crisis and asked the federal government for funds to deal with the influx of people. More than 30,800 people have been bused to Chicago by Texas, thousands more have been bused by Democratic officials from El Paso. The numbers arriving in Chicago represent a fraction of the nearly 500,000 who illegally entered Texas in fiscal 2023 and evaded capture by law enforcement, known as gotaways.
By November 2022, Texas added Philadelphia as a destination city. Since then, more than 3,400 people chose to be bused there. In response, the city began encouraging Philadelphians to donate to its “Philadelphia Welcoming Fund” to support “local efforts to welcome immigrants, refugees and asylum seekers.” People arriving were from Angola, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Ecuador, El Salvador, Georgia, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Syria, and Uzbekistan, and Venezuela, officials said.
Texas taxpayers have funded the transportation of foreign nationals to these sanctuary cities.
In 2023, Abbott expanded his busing strategy to two more sanctuary cities. More than 15,700 have been bused to Denver since May 18; more than 1,500 to Los Angeles since June 14.
The cities’ Democratic mayors lashed out at Abbott, also blaming him for the border crisis. The number of people being transported by Texas to California equates to less than 1% of those who illegally entered California in fiscal 2023 – more than 500,000, The Center Square exclusively reported.
The buses and flights from Texas are voluntary, Abbott notes. Adults sign consent waivers for themselves and the minors under their care, which are available in multiple languages, prior to boarding. The waivers state they agreed on the destination, Abbott’s press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, has explained to The Center Square. They are also provided with food, water and medical care.
While Democratic mayors and governors have blasted Abbott for the scheme, more than 10 million foreign nationals were reported to have illegally entered the U.S. between Jan. 1, 2021. and Sept. 30, 2023, including 1.7 million who evaded capture, The Center Square exclusively reported. This is greater than the individual populations of 41 states.
Texas has borne the brunt of illegal entry and the crime that comes with it because it shares the longest border with Mexico of any other state. To mitigate the impact, the Texas Legislature allocated more than $11.5 billion to fund Abbott’s border security mission, Operation Lone Star. Since it launched, OLS officials have arrested more than 495,400 foreign nationals and made more than 38,300 criminal arrests, with more than 34,700 felony charges reported.
While no other states have a comparable budget or size of the OLS force, law enforcement officials nationwide have issued warnings about increased break-ins and violent crimes being committed by foreign nationals, citing the border crisis. Public health officials in Chicago, Los Angeles and New York City, and others, also issued warnings about an alarming increase in the spread of communicable diseases, citing the border crisis.
“Foreign nationals”?! I thought they were “undocumented workers”? I wish they’d make up their minds-sarc
A good start. Now make it a million.
Nothing about this is good. They’re still here being leeches.
Look at all the money Texas has to spend fighting the illegal invasion! $11.5 billion they’d much rather spend on their own citizens!
Yet the media and the democrap mayors want to make this all about the Evil Abbot and Texas racism.
This national tragedy lies right in your laps, democrats!
Biden-Obama 2 is the worst President this country ever had. More legacy from the Chinese Biological War.
“foreign nationals who have illegally crossed the border”
She must get paid by the word…eight words to say “invaders.”
Just wait till these "children" start spawning. ALL of their offspring will be U.S. citizens by default.
>> Hopefully the largest deportation effort by orders of magnitude will commence in Jan. 2025 after Trump is sworn in.
Yep. Like the cattle drives of yesteryear!
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Rawhide!
Hah! Hah!
Keep rollin’, rollin’, rollin’
Though the Rio Grande’s swollen
Keep them wetbacks rollin’, rawhide
Move ‘em out, head ‘em up
Head ‘em up, move ‘em on
Move ‘em out, head ‘em up:
Rawhide
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in
Ride ‘em in, cut ‘em out
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in:
Rawhide!
Hah! Hah!
Keep movin’, movin’, movin’
Though they’re disapprovin’
Keep them wetbacks movin’, rawhide
Don’t try to understand ‘em
Just rope an’ throw an’ brand ‘em
Soon we’ll be living high and wide
Move ‘em out, head ‘em up
Head ‘em up, move ‘em on
Move ‘em out, head ‘em up:
Rawhide
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in
Ride ‘em in, cut ‘em out
Cut ‘em out, ride ‘em in:
Rawhide!
Really. 37K to NY? Not even a good arena crowd for a Springsteen concert.
Quotes from the 1951 Refugee Convention:
Article 23 - Public relief
The Contracting States shall accord to refugees lawfully staying in their territory the same treatment with respect to public relief and assistance as is accorded to their nationals.
Article 17 - Wage-earning employment
....
2. In any case, restrictive measures imposed on aliens or the employment of aliens for the protection of the national labour market shall not be applied to a refugee...who fulfils one of the following conditions:
(a) He has completed three years’ residence in the country;
....
(c) He has one or more children possessing the nationality of the country of residence.
Article 34 - Naturalization [and getting the right to vote (and buy AR-15s)]
The Contracting States shall as far as possible facilitate the assimilation and naturalization of refugees. They shall in particular make every effort to expedite naturalization proceedings and to reduce as far as possible the charges and costs of such proceedings.
https://www.ohchr.org/en/instruments-mechanisms/instruments/convention-relating-status-refugees
Article 44 - Denunciation [getting out from under the Refugee Convention]
1. Any Contracting State may denounce this Convention at any time by a notification addressed to the Secretary-General of the United Nations.
2. Such denunciation shall take effect for the Contracting State concerned one year from the date upon which it is received by the Secretary-General of the United Nations....
NOTE: I do not trust any politician to end leftist migrant mercenary-based political takeovers who has not called for invoking Article 44 to get the US out from under the Refugee Convention.
And my distrust extends to Trump and DeSantis.
The Refugee Convention must be removed from the Democratic Party toolbox by invoking Article 44.
Article 31. - Refugees unlawfully in the country of refuge
1. The Contracting States shall not impose penalties, on account of their illegal entry or presence, on refugees who, coming directly from a territory where their life or freedom was threatened in the sense of article 1, enter or are present in their territory without authorization, provided they present themselves without delay to the authorities and show good cause for their illegal entry or presence.
2. The Contracting States shall not apply to the movements of such refugees restrictions other than those which are necessary and such restrictions shall only be applied until their status in the country is regularized or they obtain admission into another country. The Contracting States shall allow such refugees a reasonable period and all the necessary facilities to obtain admission into another country.
Article 32. - Expulsion
1. The Contracting States shall not expel a refugee lawfully in their territory save on grounds of national security or public order.
2. The expulsion of such a refugee shall be only in pursuance of a decision reached in accordance with due process of law. Except where compelling reasons of national security otherwise require, the refugee shall be allowed to submit evidence to clear himself, and to appeal to and be represented for the purpose before competent authority or a person or persons specially designated by the competent authority.
3. The Contracting States shall allow such a refugee a reasonable period within which to seek legal admission into another country. The Contracting States reserve the right to apply during that period such internal measures as they may deem necessary.
The Refugee Convention by permitting illegal entry (and entry upon any request) makes it impossible to secure the border. We need to get out from under the Refugee Convention.
Everyday, Adams and Newsom send cards of thank you to Biden, Abbott and Desantis.
Without these buses full of illegals via Abbott and Desantis to New York and California, those places would be losing people. Thanks to those ‘wonderful’ governors, via Biden, California and New York might even gain more seats in Congress from the next Census. I suspect Illinois isn’t far behind in stoping the exodus of their citizens via illegals being dropped off.
The final leg of the Illegal Immigration Invasion is via US governors, what a amazing country. Perhaps, these governors should get some award!
P.S. There is no such thing as a Sanctuary State. That's not how our system works. We are not the church of olden days.
Considering Texas has suffered through 5 million illegals invading their border over the last 3 years, 100,000 is not enough. Abbott needs to up his game. Needs to add sanctuary LA, Boston, Philly, DC as dumping grounds on the route. Thrown in some of the designer sanctuary virtue jurisdictions like Asheville, SF, Aspen, revisit Martha’s Vinyard and whatever vacation spot Barbara Streisand parks her ass.
I love my governor. He’s looking our for Xiden migrants that he keeps dumping on Texas. They’re a lot warmer in those sanctuary cities than they would be in Texas. It’s been cold enough to freeze the balls off a brass monkey here. A female on this morning’s newscast put a plastic ice cube tray filled with water on the ground next to her. Less than an hour later, she had ice cubes.
Invaders need to be shot
“roughly 5% of those who illegally entered Texas in fiscal 2023 “
FIVE percent of one year.
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So, where have the millions of invaders gone to?
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