Immigration is a federal issue, but for border communities it’s local and the pressure...
Migrants arrive from Texas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York this month. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has, perhaps unintentionally, put a spotlight on the need for comprehensive immigration reform.Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s decision to bus migrants to New York City and Washington, D.C., has amplified the desperate need for comprehensive immigration reform. Since April, Abbott has bused more than 7,200 migrants from Texas to President Joe Biden’s backyard. Since Aug.
Immigration is a federal issue, but for border communities it’s local, and the pressure is intense. The flow of migrants in the Del Rio sector has been off the charts. As Express-News and Houston Chronicle reporter Jeremy Wallace, since October, more than 376,000 migrant encounters with federal officials have occurred in the Del Rio sector, twice as many as the same point in time last year.
Given shifting global immigration patterns and federal political gridlock, just what is a border governor to do? No wonder Mark P. Jones, a political science professor at Rice University, told us busing immigrants to Washington and New York is “smart politics on Abbott’s part” because his GOP base overwhelmingly supports his immigration efforts. And, of course, he has brought broader attention to the issue.
In this case, the busing doesn’t wreak havoc, but, Mayorkas said, “The unilateral busing of migrants, irrespective of the capacity of particular locales to address the needs of those individuals, also can prove problematic.”
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