There should definitely be consequences for Greg Abbott. He should be charged with conspiracy and manslaughter at a minimum. He’s literally killing children for a political points now.
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He’s literally killing children for a political points now.
More than once.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/5-year-old-girl-drowns-crossing-rio-grande-texas-mother/
And the bus company that agreed to this shit
Oh definitely. There’s no innocence there either.
Manslaughter?
Wrongful death at the very least
Sounds like kidnapping and murder to me...
Pro-life my ass.
The cruelty is the point
Modern-day Trail of Tears shit right here.
Meanwhile, hundreds of immigrants a day are moved to reception centers all across the country.
You know what? They don’t need expensive charter busses paid for with state taxes - their travel is paid by federal taxes. And they don’t need expensive private security to force people to stay aboard at gunpoint. They aren’t lied to, and they know where they are going. And they aren’t dropped on a sidewalk unannounced - they go to a reception center that has resources for them and knows they are arriving, and they are documented every step of the way. They don’t miss their immigration appointments because their appointments are scheduled near the reception center they move to.
Abbot is spending huge amounts of his state’s money to do a terrible and illegal job of duplicating a TINY portion of what the federal government is doing efficiently every day.
Also, immigration is at the lowest it’s been in 20 years. All this crap Texas is pulling is utterly pointless. We need new people who are eager to work - we don’t need to make child labor legal again. https://globalmigration.ucdavis.edu/20-years-declining-immigration-and-disappearance-low-skilled-immigrants
Texas officials confirmed the bus was headed to Chicago as part of its "border bus mission." Texas Gov. Greg Abbott is one of several Republican governors in southern states who have authorized the bussing of thousands of migrants to Democratic-run cities since early 2022 as part of an ongoing political battle over immigration policies. Critics have accused GOP leaders of using migrants as political pawns.
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“State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said of the practice in June.
Texas sure made a point with their stunt.
Not too sure it’s the one they wanted to make.
Thanks OP for un-burying the lead!
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A 3-year-old migrant girl riding a bus carrying asylum seekers from Texas to Chicago died Thursday in Southern Illinois, authorities said.
The girl died at a hospital in Marion County, an official for the Illinois Department of Public Health confirmed to CBS News.
Texas officials said in a statement that when the girl "presented with health concerns," the bus "pulled over and security personnel on board called 911 for emergency attention."
Greg Abbott is one of several Republican governors in southern states who have authorized the bussing of thousands of migrants to Democratic-run cities since early 2022 as part of an ongoing political battle over immigration policies.
Abbott has sent several migrant buses to Los Angeles in recent months, while Florida Gov.
"State-sanctioned kidnapping is not a public policy choice, it is immoral and disgusting," California Attorney General Rob Bonta said of the practice in June.