Texas Gov. Greg Abbott calls NYC's plan
to give migrants pre-paid credit cards
to buy food 'insanity' as 37,600 migrants
have flooded New York City from the Lone
Star State since August 2022
Daily Mail (UK),
by
Stephen M. Lepore
Original Article
Posted By: Imright,
2/4/2024 7:28:22 PM
Texas Governor Greg Abbott continued his long-running feud with New York City Mayor Eric Adams over the disaster at the border, calling his plan to give migrants in the city pre-paid credit cards 'insanity.'
It was revealed yesterday that migrants housed in one of the city's hotels will receive pre-paid cards with which to buy food and baby supplies, instead of the city providing meals the migrants often did not want.
Adams estimated the $53 million scheme will save the city $600,000 a month, or $7.2 million annually, drawing outrage from many across the country, including native New Yorkers like rapper 50 Cent.
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
EJKrausJr 2/4/2024 7:31:19 PM (No. 1650904)
NYC voters - you got what you voted for, a complete mess in NYC government. And guess what, you will pay extra for the freebees to the illegals. Got it. Don't complain. Respect your authoritie.
22 people like this.
Reply 2 - Posted by:
volksford 2/4/2024 7:47:56 PM (No. 1650911)
Of course its insanity ....its New York.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Gordon Mills 2/4/2024 7:59:51 PM (No. 1650917)
Yankees are just not bright
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
WV.Hillbilly 2/4/2024 8:39:17 PM (No. 1650930)
Keep sending them there. Bankrupt them.
19 people like this.
Reply 5 - Posted by:
Northcross 2/4/2024 8:43:51 PM (No. 1650931)
Another full bus every 15 minutes from Eagle Pass to NYC.
20 people like this.
Reply 6 - Posted by:
stablemoney 2/4/2024 9:03:50 PM (No. 1650939)
Texas has millions ready to send to NY for those prepaid cards.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
itsonlyme 2/4/2024 9:18:10 PM (No. 1650949)
No lifetime Broadway tickets this round. Maybe next.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
john56 2/4/2024 9:24:36 PM (No. 1650954)
Those migrants didn't come from Texas. They came THROUGH Texas from 150 or so other countries.
Using that logic, those migrants came from New Jersey, Pennsylvania, or any other state on the bus route.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
Omen55 2/4/2024 9:46:54 PM (No. 1650963)
Think how many more illegals will sign 2B bussed to NYC!
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
DVC 2/5/2024 12:38:43 AM (No. 1650998)
Ship more of them to NYC, a dozen buses a day or more.
12 people like this.
Reply 11 - Posted by:
SweetPea3 2/5/2024 5:15:26 AM (No. 1651043)
Only 37,600 in 2 years?
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
mifla 2/5/2024 5:26:55 AM (No. 1651052)
From what I have read, the so called Immigration bill has a bailout for the sanctuary cities.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
chumley 2/5/2024 5:53:04 AM (No. 1651069)
I saw one at the grocery store yesterday using (presumably) one of those cards. He was a little guy with a voice like a child. The clerk was speaking Mexican to him. When rot like that makes it back into the hollers of Appalachia, we are in big trouble.
8 people like this.
Reply 14 - Posted by:
homefry 2/5/2024 7:04:09 AM (No. 1651087)
Subsidize them and they will come.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
smak90 2/5/2024 7:23:34 AM (No. 1651098)
We need to put up billboards and advertise this on all the Spanish channels here in Texas. Maybe this will get some more of the illegals to go to NY on their own.
4 people like this.
Reply 16 - Posted by:
Lawsy0 2/5/2024 8:36:25 AM (No. 1651145)
I object. Just make those Visa Gift Cards of $50 each. One Visa card is about $4 each if you buy in bulk. And most cards have about $3 or $4 left on them that you cannot spend because there is nothing left on earth that costs only $3 or $4, including bubblegum.
3 people like this.
Reply 17 - Posted by:
RWPollock 2/5/2024 8:42:27 AM (No. 1651149)
As a Floridian and one who is totally against this illegal immigration trend, I do not agree with what New York is doing but I will support it. The more free goodies a city and state offers the more migrants will go there and leave Florida. So on this note Go New York please give them even more money than they are already getting.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Zigrid 2/5/2024 10:41:30 AM (No. 1651258)
Bravo poster #2...like your style!!
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
bighambone 2/5/2024 12:41:26 PM (No. 1651353)
Nobody that I know of, either Democrat or Republican, proposed or gives America’s veterans who fought in foreign wars risking their limbs and lives for America and the American way of life, a "free” taxpayer paid for credit card with a thousand dollar a month credit on it to be renewed indefinitely. By doing that the country is looking at committing national suicide, as while this country has a population of about 325 million people now, the Third World has billions of poor and uneducated people who could show up, walk across a US borderline, and claim such a “free” credit card, especially if they claim they love Biden and intend to become future leftist and socialist Democrat supporters and voters.
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