Texas reportedly paid a private company $75.5 million in the span of a year to transport migrants to sanctuary cities across the U.S.
Transaction data provided by the Texas Department of Emergency Management shows the state paid Wynne Transportation $75,561,032.72 from Aug. 19, 2022, through Aug. 23, 2023, to bus migrants out of state.
13 Investigates asked the department for more details on the spending, but our questions were referred to Gov. Greg Abbott’s office.
Abbott’s office did not respond to ABC13’s questions by Tuesday afternoon.
Since April 2022, Texas has bussed nearly 52,000 migrants to Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver, and Los Angeles, according to a news release from Abbott’s office.
At least they’re out of texas?
Out of sight, out of mind? I hope that’s how I’m treated if I’m ever at rock bottom. /s
I was thinking more that texas is probably a bad place to be an immigrant in.
That’s probably true. But being shipped to a random city way out across a giant country isn’t ok.
Probably could have housed, fed, and employed those same migrants for that amount
That’s $14,519.23 per migrant; wouldn’t have lasted them long, but it could have taken care of them long enough for them to get their feet under them, surely.
I don’t understand how it costs $14.5k per person to transport them… Sounds like someone’s pockets were getting lined.
It’s $1,453.09, not 14.5k. Still more than it should cost to transport people but not as unreasonable as I previously claimed.
You are off by a factor of ten. The cost is $1453 per person. 75,561,032/52,000
Why not be a monster AND make some sweet side cheddar. Everything’s bigger in Texas, including the amount stolen off the top.
Yeah. Greyhound charges about $330 to go from San Antonio. In this case, the bus is likely fuller and only has to stop for gas and maybe a driver switch. Flights are actually cheaper, but then you’d have to explain to TSA why all these people without documentation and with flights paid by others are going through the airport.
Do people even try due diligence before mouthing off? 4th grade math would tell you that we’re taking like 1.5k. You are a part of our problem.
Do people even try being kind about mistakes before mouthing off? 4th grade social skills would tell you that you’re talking like a jackass. You are a part of our problem.
Hmmmmm. Sounds like kidnapping and human trafficking
$1500 for a bus ticket out of state seems pretty damn high (almost fraudulently high), but not as ridiculous as the headline makes it sound. What is ridiculous is trafficking 52,000 people who have no resources, no support, no contacts, no anything to someplace they didn’t choose to go to thousands of miles away.
Texas is basically the Iraq of the US. Specifically, Saddam-era Iraq, not the lovely paradise it’s become since liberation.
It’s run by a ruthless dictator with a corrupt and criminal government dependent on him for protection. The oil-based economy keeps the money rolling in, with the poor getting the bare minimum to keep them from revolting while the rich get richer and the “elected” leaders get patronage.
He exploits religious and ethnic differences to make sure Texans remain divided and conquered, and will not hesitate to use violence to keep them in line.
I think it’s clear that we will eventually have to invade them and liberate them for their oil.
