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.
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.
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.
You are off by a factor of ten. The cost is $1453 per person. 75,561,032/52,000
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
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.
Headline is badly worded. The private company did not pay that amount; the private company was paid that amount by the State of Texas.
I was downvoted incredibly heavily for explaining this a while ago, but the answer is to promote misunderstandings. It’s a holdover from print newspapers where every word not printed amounted to extra ad space and article space, and therefore revenue and detail. However, being that that’s not an issue online, its only use is as a form of clickbait called a “crash blossom.”
That’s some Republican level graft right there.
