Once again Governor Abbott is an effing genius.
For decades democrats have looked down their noses at Texas and other border states largely telling them their "migrant" problem was theirs alone. This goes hand in hand with all the la-di-da talk from democrats on issue of immigration, especially illegal. Elite democrats from northern, mid-west and west coast states could take that ground thanks to them largely *NOT* being affected by hordes of great unwashed arriving within their borders. Abbot changed all that up, now democrats don't know what to do.
Governor Abbott has put Biden and democrats between a rock and hard place, all right before 2024 elections.
Biden isn't going to give GOP any more clubs to beat him about the head with before November 2024, so any huge federal financial aid package to NYS or NYC for dealing with "migrants" just isn't going to happen.
On another note democrats in NY, Massachusetts and other areas were hoping to pick up House seats in 2024 elections. That isn't going to happen if mayors of NYC, Boston et al with or without assistance from governors start moving all these migrants to other rural or suburban parts of state.
Very long story short is Abbott (and by extension republicans) have forced democrats to confront their own hypocrisy on immigration by giving them a dose of their own medicine. Long as Biden keeps letting hordes of great unwashed flood across border Abbott will also continue moving them onto liberal democrat run states or local areas. Sooner or later someone is going to say "uncle". My guess is it will be WH/democrats.
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