Trafficking
Texas governor plays cruel childish games with other people’s lives:
About 50 migrants, including a one-month-old baby, have been sent in a bus from Texas to the Washington DC residence of Vice-President Kamala Harris, in the latest move by Republican-led states to transfer migrants unannounced across the country.
The bus let off the migrants, who are believed to be mostly Venezuelan, outside the Naval Observatory, the traditional home of US vice-presidents, on Saturday morning.
They had been sent by the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, while another group were flown to Martha’s Vineyard, in Massachusetts, on a flight organized by Florida governor Ron DeSantis earlier this week.
GEDDIT??? “You love migrants so much YOU take care of them nyah nyah nyah.”
Abbott also sent three buses of migrants that arrived in New York City on Saturday. Abbott had already sent two buses of migrants to Harris’s residence on Thursday, containing about 100 people from Colombia, Cuba, Guyana, Nicaragua, Panama and Venezuela.
I remember a guy who used to send trains full of people to destinations of his choosing. He’s not generally considered much of a role model.
The latest transfers are an escalation of a series of actions by Texas and Florida, both led by Republicans, to move migrants without warning to Democratic-leaning areas. On Wednesday, DeSantis of Florida chartered two planes to take about 50 migrant adults and children to the wealthy liberal island of Martha’s Vineyard, in Massachusetts, forcing local residents to scramble to help provide food and shelter for the unexpected newcomers.
Several of the migrants told journalists there was nobody at the airport to greet them, and they walked almost four miles to find help in the town, where they were put up in a church overnight.
Whatever; at least they showed the libbruls who’s boss.
My understanding is that countries that levy heavy fines on people who *employ* illegal immigrants have very few illegal immigrants.
Maybe the US should try that.
Oh but that would be interfering with free enterprise, not to mention $$$. Can’t do that.
@Jim:
All the people who moan about illegal immigration would very quickly find something else to moan about if their produce were picked by legal workers receiving minimum wage.
I get the impression that the MAGA crowd would be very much in favor of that… Not so much legacy Republicans…
I’ve got a proposal. Pay native born individuals, regardless of race or sex, a good, living wage. If they are legal immigrants, double that wage. If they are undocumented, triple it.
If there really are jobs Americans won’t do, at least the ones doing them will be getting a salary more in line with the horribleness of the jobs.
Of course, that would bring a lot of people across the border, and no Republican wants to do that. Well, some do, but they want them to do that so they can exploit their labor and pay them nearly nothing.