Union Station Starbucks Closing

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Anonymous wrote:They decided at a national level that they would let people loiter in the store and use their bathroom even if they were not a customer, after a manager was called racist for net letting a black guy use the restroom.

Heres the link on policy locally: https://dcist.com/story/22/07/05/homeless-anti-discrimination-dc-human-rights/

I’m sure the folks at corporate saw this location as tainting their overall brand with homeless folks everywhere and crime and just closed it.

This is sort of like how dc will now let folks with thousands of dollars of unpaid speeding tickets or violations renew their licenses.

It’s stupid policy. In this case businesses are moving with their feet.

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Anonymous wrote:More coverage about bus loads of hungry starving undocumented people https://twitter.com/nsbonsu_/status/1547970119162142722?s=21&t=17C49EoanIdACgtl6NF8lg

Hmmm I wonder if anyone has considered enforcing immigration laws.

How do you enforce a law when the bus , sent by a governor, arrives at 1am with women and small children who haven't eaten for two days. It's despicable. 3,400 people since May.

Truly despicable. This is why DC needs to be a state now.

What does that have to do with any of this?

Frankly, I don't blame Gov Abbott and Texas at all. Why should they be the only ones who have to deal with this?

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Anonymous wrote:The movie theaters closed years ago because of violence. Soon the station will be empty. Enforcing the law means recognizing there’s a problem.

Just because suite people are scared little b****** doesn’t mean there is a problem.

Let's see if you feel the same way after you're spat upon by a homeless person.

I wouldn’t be spat upon because unlike you, I’m kind, and regard them as human. So they’d have no cause to spit on me.

Unlike you.

You are naive beyond belief.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:People on drugs or with mental illness are a really hard problem.

Buses full of legal migrants from Texas are not a safety threat and they’re easy to help. They need a hot meal, probably a place to stay in many cases or help getting to where they’re going.

The two problems are light years apart.

Help getting to where they’re going. Lol. How about help getting back home and out of the country that they are illegally entering.

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Anonymous wrote:More coverage about bus loads of hungry starving undocumented people https://twitter.com/nsbonsu_/status/1547970119162142722?s=21&t=17C49EoanIdACgtl6NF8lg

Hmmm I wonder if anyone has considered enforcing immigration laws.

How do you enforce a law when the bus , sent by a governor, arrives at 1am with women and small children who haven't eaten for two days. It's despicable. 3,400 people since May.

Truly despicable. This is why DC needs to be a state now.

What does that have to do with any of this?

Frankly, I don't blame Gov Abbott and Texas at all. Why should they be the only ones who have to deal with this?

Yeah it's all fun and games for you until someone breaks into your car

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What was the name of the nice bar/restaurant that was in there maybe 10 years ago? Is it still open if not what is that now?

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Anonymous wrote:More coverage about bus loads of hungry starving undocumented people https://twitter.com/nsbonsu_/status/1547970119162142722?s=21&t=17C49EoanIdACgtl6NF8lg

Hmmm I wonder if anyone has considered enforcing immigration laws.

How do you enforce a law when the bus , sent by a governor, arrives at 1am with women and small children who haven't eaten for two days. It's despicable. 3,400 people since May.

Truly despicable. This is why DC needs to be a state now.

What does that have to do with any of this?

Frankly, I don't blame Gov Abbott and Texas at all. Why should they be the only ones who have to deal with this?

Yeah it's all fun and games for you until someone breaks into your car

And you don't think people in Texas feel the same way??? Why should they have to bear this burden alone? The idiots who vote for Democrats are responsible for this problem, and there are a hell of a lot more of the, proportionally, in the DMV than there are in Texas.

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Anonymous wrote:More coverage about bus loads of hungry starving undocumented people https://twitter.com/nsbonsu_/status/1547970119162142722?s=21&t=17C49EoanIdACgtl6NF8lg

Hmmm I wonder if anyone has considered enforcing immigration laws.

How do you enforce a law when the bus , sent by a governor, arrives at 1am with women and small children who haven't eaten for two days. It's despicable. 3,400 people since May.

Truly despicable. This is why DC needs to be a state now.

What does that have to do with any of this?

Frankly, I don't blame Gov Abbott and Texas at all. Why should they be the only ones who have to deal with this?

Yeah it's all fun and games for you until someone breaks into your car

And you don't think people in Texas feel the same way??? Why should they have to bear this burden alone? The idiots who vote for Democrats are responsible for this problem, and there are a hell of a lot more of the, proportionally, in the DMV than there are in Texas.

No, it's their burden because TX employers also massively benefit from exploiting undocumented labor. Texas also has all these racist redneck politicians who refuse to get immigration reform done, so it's really doubly on them.

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Anonymous wrote:More coverage about bus loads of hungry starving undocumented people https://twitter.com/nsbonsu_/status/1547970119162142722?s=21&t=17C49EoanIdACgtl6NF8lg

Hmmm I wonder if anyone has considered enforcing immigration laws.

How do you enforce a law when the bus , sent by a governor, arrives at 1am with women and small children who haven't eaten for two days. It's despicable. 3,400 people since May.

Truly despicable. This is why DC needs to be a state now.

You are OK with people who haven't eaten for two days (or longer) being received and processed by Texas, but not by DC? 3,400 is a drop in the pan compared to what Texas handles on a daily basis. Why don't you get on out there and set up sandwiches and soup reception, like the Poles did for the Ukrainians?

What are you talking about---I'm talking about Abbott playing chess with people's lives. It's a stunt on his part. That's what is despicable. DC needs to be a state so that the rest of the country realizes real people live here. I'm completely fine with DC taking them in, but I find it troubling that they're immediately shipped off on a days long journey when some of them may need medical attention and could rest.

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Anonymous wrote:More coverage about bus loads of hungry starving undocumented people https://twitter.com/nsbonsu_/status/1547970119162142722?s=21&t=17C49EoanIdACgtl6NF8lg

Hmmm I wonder if anyone has considered enforcing immigration laws.

How do you enforce a law when the bus , sent by a governor, arrives at 1am with women and small children who haven't eaten for two days. It's despicable. 3,400 people since May.

Truly despicable. This is why DC needs to be a state now.

What does that have to do with any of this?

Frankly, I don't blame Gov Abbott and Texas at all. Why should they be the only ones who have to deal with this?

Yeah it's all fun and games for you until someone breaks into your car

And you don't think people in Texas feel the same way??? Why should they have to bear this burden alone? The idiots who vote for Democrats are responsible for this problem, and there are a hell of a lot more of the, proportionally, in the DMV than there are in Texas.

No, it's their burden because TX employers also massively benefit from exploiting undocumented labor. Texas also has all these racist redneck politicians who refuse to get immigration reform done, so it's really doubly on them.

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I"m pp and sick of the narrative. I'm from CA, where everyone complains about "immigrants taking our jobs." When they don't bother to look at the companies employing them. Also, farms need laborers and Californians don't want the jobs. So, conundrum.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:They decided at a national level that they would let people loiter in the store and use their bathroom even if they were not a customer, after a manager was called racist for net letting a black guy use the restroom.

Heres the link on policy locally: https://dcist.com/story/22/07/05/homeless-anti-discrimination-dc-human-rights/

I’m sure the folks at corporate saw this location as tainting their overall brand with homeless folks everywhere and crime and just closed it.

This is sort of like how dc will now let folks with thousands of dollars of unpaid speeding tickets or violations renew their licenses.

It’s stupid policy. In this case businesses are moving with their feet.

There's a massive bathroom outside of Starbucks in the train station - I don't think there is even one in there. In many airport stalls like that they don't have one. So, perhaps it's not that reason.

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Anonymous wrote:More coverage about bus loads of hungry starving undocumented people https://twitter.com/nsbonsu_/status/1547970119162142722?s=21&t=17C49EoanIdACgtl6NF8lg

Hmmm I wonder if anyone has considered enforcing immigration laws.

How do you enforce a law when the bus , sent by a governor, arrives at 1am with women and small children who haven't eaten for two days. It's despicable. 3,400 people since May.

Truly despicable. This is why DC needs to be a state now.

You are OK with people who haven't eaten for two days (or longer) being received and processed by Texas, but not by DC? 3,400 is a drop in the pan compared to what Texas handles on a daily basis. Why don't you get on out there and set up sandwiches and soup reception, like the Poles did for the Ukrainians?

What are you talking about---I'm talking about Abbott playing chess with people's lives. It's a stunt on his part. That's what is despicable. DC needs to be a state so that the rest of the country realizes real people live here. I'm completely fine with DC taking them in, but I find it troubling that they're immediately shipped off on a days long journey when some of them may need medical attention and could rest.

They all choose to go. No one forces them on a bus.

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Anonymous wrote:More coverage about bus loads of hungry starving undocumented people https://twitter.com/nsbonsu_/status/1547970119162142722?s=21&t=17C49EoanIdACgtl6NF8lg

Hmmm I wonder if anyone has considered enforcing immigration laws.

How do you enforce a law when the bus , sent by a governor, arrives at 1am with women and small children who haven't eaten for two days. It's despicable. 3,400 people since May.

Truly despicable. This is why DC needs to be a state now.

What does that have to do with any of this?

Frankly, I don't blame Gov Abbott and Texas at all. Why should they be the only ones who have to deal with this?

Yeah it's all fun and games for you until someone breaks into your car

And you don't think people in Texas feel the same way??? Why should they have to bear this burden alone? The idiots who vote for Democrats are responsible for this problem, and there are a hell of a lot more of the, proportionally, in the DMV than there are in Texas.

No, it's their burden because TX employers also massively benefit from exploiting undocumented labor. Texas also has all these racist redneck politicians who refuse to get immigration reform done, so it's really doubly on them.

Nope, sorry, that's not how it works. Employers across the country "massively benefit" from exploiting undocumented labor. I live right in the heart of DC and am sick about what is going on at Union Station, but I completely support Abbott in this. This horrible president has created a national disaster, on so many levels - humanitarian, national security, etc. It's only fair that we here in DC have to share the burden.

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https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11025645/Greg-Abbott-tears-DC-Mayor-Bowser-complaining-citys-homeless-filling-migrants.html

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Anonymous wrote:More coverage about bus loads of hungry starving undocumented people https://twitter.com/nsbonsu_/status/1547970119162142722?s=21&t=17C49EoanIdACgtl6NF8lg

Hmmm I wonder if anyone has considered enforcing immigration laws.

How do you enforce a law when the bus , sent by a governor, arrives at 1am with women and small children who haven't eaten for two days. It's despicable. 3,400 people since May.

Truly despicable. This is why DC needs to be a state now.

What does that have to do with any of this?

Frankly, I don't blame Gov Abbott and Texas at all. Why should they be the only ones who have to deal with this?

Yeah it's all fun and games for you until someone breaks into your car

And you don't think people in Texas feel the same way??? Why should they have to bear this burden alone? The idiots who vote for Democrats are responsible for this problem, and there are a hell of a lot more of the, proportionally, in the DMV than there are in Texas.

No, it's their burden because TX employers also massively benefit from exploiting undocumented labor. Texas also has all these racist redneck politicians who refuse to get immigration reform done, so it's really doubly on them.

Yep, that's why they all flock to Texas.