GOP Governors Cause Havoc by Busing Migrants to East Coast

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

58% :Border Patrol encountered 110,467 Venezuelans along the southern border in the first nine months of this fiscal year, compared with 47,408 in the entire 2021 fiscal year.
54% : The Border Patrol quickly arrested him, and after his release, he was offered a choice: a $50 bus ride to San Antonio or a free bus ride to Washington, D.C., paid for by the state of Texas.
54% : He spent the first night in the plaza across from Union Station but eventually found a bed at Central Union Mission, where he hopes to stay until he can apply for asylum, get a work permit and find a job -- a process that could take months.
37% : But "the tenor of their comments," he said, is giving the governors ammunition to push for a clampdown on immigration, including such measures as erecting border walls and eliminating asylum.
9% :Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas and Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona, both Republicans, blame President Joe Biden for record numbers of migrants crossing the southern border.

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