Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So first Texas threatened to send undocumented immigrants to DC on busses.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/us/texas-immigrants-charter-buses-dc/index.html
As of this morning according to the local New the undisclosed number of busses are heading to DC with the immigrants.
What next? I realize that there is a reality that has only been marginally impacting us, but how is DC going to address this or even absorb hundreds of undocumented workers?is this transparent to city resources. As most will be Latino do existing groups have the capacity to receive these workers, house them, explain the immigration process and work with them throughout their next year of legal appointments?

Texas indicates this is only the beginning. How many can DC welcome?

Surprise!!!

Elections have consequences, OP. You're getting what you voted for.

Not really, no. Immigration issues in that area predate all our recent Presidents, since it's fundamentally a economic imbalance problem. Remember Mexicans stealing parts of Trump's wall for their own homes? That was pretty embarrassing. Mexico-US migration has always been fraught.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:So first Texas threatened to send undocumented immigrants to DC on busses.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/us/texas-immigrants-charter-buses-dc/index.html
As of this morning according to the local New the undisclosed number of busses are heading to DC with the immigrants.
What next? I realize that there is a reality that has only been marginally impacting us, but how is DC going to address this or even absorb hundreds of undocumented workers?is this transparent to city resources. As most will be Latino do existing groups have the capacity to receive these workers, house them, explain the immigration process and work with them throughout their next year of legal appointments?

Texas indicates this is only the beginning. How many can DC welcome?

Surprise!!!

Elections have consequences, OP. You're getting what you voted for.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at the size of Texas.

Look at the size of the district.



Of course Texas has the room. If they need the money, they should absolutely receive federal help. Money for every immigrant taken in.

Or we could just enforce our borders. I don’t see why Texas is expected to take in migrants but not DC.

PP you replied to. We ALL agree on that, but the border is one of the longest in the world and just impossible to secure. High walls were possibly a good idea, but you've seen how easily people can still get across, and how much of it we'd need to build and maintain. Plus, there are conservation areas there, and bodies of water.

We need to act on ALL the options we have: border enforcement is only one of our tools. Being nasty to the illegal immigrants that have been in the country for years and paid taxes is unnecessarily punitive, when we've all benefited from their labor. So the answer has to depend on which illegal immigrant we're talking about, how long they've been there and how they've comported themselves.

Illegal immigrants in good standing should be encouraged to settle in all states that have the room, with subsidies for those states.

- legal immigrant.

Or we could just not let these people enter our country to begin with.

What part of long border/impossible to secure do you not understand?

Do you want to talk to Border Patrol in Texas? They'll tell you about it.

Anonymous wrote:So first Texas threatened to send undocumented immigrants to DC on busses.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/04/06/us/texas-immigrants-charter-buses-dc/index.html
As of this morning according to the local New the undisclosed number of busses are heading to DC with the immigrants.
What next? I realize that there is a reality that has only been marginally impacting us, but how is DC going to address this or even absorb hundreds of undocumented workers?is this transparent to city resources. As most will be Latino do existing groups have the capacity to receive these workers, house them, explain the immigration process and work with them throughout their next year of legal appointments?

Texas indicates this is only the beginning. How many can DC welcome?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at the size of Texas.

Look at the size of the district.



Of course Texas has the room. If they need the money, they should absolutely receive federal help. Money for every immigrant taken in.

Or we could just enforce our borders. I don’t see why Texas is expected to take in migrants but not DC.

PP you replied to. We ALL agree on that, but the border is one of the longest in the world and just impossible to secure. High walls were possibly a good idea, but you've seen how easily people can still get across, and how much of it we'd need to build and maintain. Plus, there are conservation areas there, and bodies of water.

We need to act on ALL the options we have: border enforcement is only one of our tools. Being nasty to the illegal immigrants that have been in the country for years and paid taxes is unnecessarily punitive, when we've all benefited from their labor. So the answer has to depend on which illegal immigrant we're talking about, how long they've been there and how they've comported themselves.

Illegal immigrants in good standing should be encouraged to settle in all states that have the room, with subsidies for those states.

- legal immigrant.

Or we could just not let these people enter our country to begin with.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at the size of Texas.

Look at the size of the district.



Of course Texas has the room. If they need the money, they should absolutely receive federal help. Money for every immigrant taken in.

Or we could just enforce our borders. I don’t see why Texas is expected to take in migrants but not DC.

PP you replied to. We ALL agree on that, but the border is one of the longest in the world and just impossible to secure. High walls were possibly a good idea, but you've seen how easily people can still get across, and how much of it we'd need to build and maintain. Plus, there are conservation areas there, and bodies of water.

We need to act on ALL the options we have: border enforcement is only one of our tools. Being nasty to the illegal immigrants that have been in the country for years and paid taxes is unnecessarily punitive, when we've all benefited from their labor. So the answer has to depend on which illegal immigrant we're talking about, how long they've been there and how they've comported themselves.

Illegal immigrants in good standing should be encouraged to settle in all states that have the room, with subsidies for those states.

- legal immigrant.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at the size of Texas.

Look at the size of the district.



Of course Texas has the room. If they need the money, they should absolutely receive federal help. Money for every immigrant taken in.

Or we could just enforce our borders. I don’t see why Texas is expected to take in migrants but not DC.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Look at the size of Texas.

Look at the size of the district.



Of course Texas has the room. If they need the money, they should absolutely receive federal help. Money for every immigrant taken in.

Or we could just enforce our borders. I don’t see why Texas is expected to take in migrants but not DC.

Anonymous wrote:Look at the size of Texas.

Look at the size of the district.



Of course Texas has the room. If they need the money, they should absolutely receive federal help. Money for every immigrant taken in.

Anonymous wrote:Border states have been dealing with this for years. This may be the wake up call that is needed. I would focus your efforts on securing our borders. If you don’t want these people in DC, then you shouldn’t want them in Texas.