Texas taking public donations to fund migrants buses to NYC and DC
by Anna Giaritelli, Homeland Security Reporter |
| August 14, 2022 07:00 AM
AUSTIN, Texas — The state of Texas is allowing the public to donate money to cover the millions of dollars it has spent busing illegal immigrants released from federal custody at the border to New York City and Washington, D.C.
The state has collected $118,297 as of July 22, a drop in the bucket compared to the nearly $7 million in receipts that Texas had received from busing and security contractors in mid-July.
The same state website soliciting donations for busing is asking donors to support Gov. Greg Abbott's border wall projects. Since Abbott announced his intention to finish wall projects that were incomplete when President Donald Trump left office, donors have pledged $55 million to the project. As of August, 2 miles of wall are under construction.
Texas makes up 1,250 miles of the 2,000-mile southern border. More than half of the 1.7 million people apprehended trying to enter the United States illegally from Mexico between ports of entry since the start of fiscal 2022 last October were stopped in Texas.
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