Texas has spent more than $124 million to bus migrants to New York and other cities: report
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The state of Texas has spent more than $124 million to bus migrants to New York City and other blue states.
The Lone Star State has dropped at least $124,603,616.19 on the busing program since April 2022, according to records obtained by media company Nextstar from the Texas Division of Emergency Management, which is overseeing the program.
The resulting 100,000 migrants who have flooded out of Texas have made their way to the Big Apple, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, and Los Angeles — stretching budgets and wreaking havoc in their wake.
Texas taxpayers are on the hook for more than 99% of the costs, records show.
Approximately $460,000 has been raised by the state in the form of voluntary donations by enthusiastic local fans of the program, according to the office of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott.
Migrants are bused from Texas on a voluntary basis and pay no out-of-pocket costs related to their transportation.
Millions of illegal migrants have flooded into the country since President Biden took office, with more than 300,000 emerging in December 2023 alone, records show.
In New York City migrants have been placed in shelters in the Roosevelt Hotel, Floyd Bennet Field, and a sprawling tent city on Randall’s Island.
A mob of migrants were video-tapped this week allegedly beating up an NYPD officer — but were swiftly released without bail, with their current whereabouts unknown.
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