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BxGyrl416 t1_j0r1p7e wrote

Reply to comment by drpvn in NYC Homelessness Hits Record Number by brooklynlad

“But Mateus, who is among the more than 21,400 migrants and asylum-seekers who have come to New York since the spring, remains barred from employment by federal policy. These people are part of a wave of new arrivals as Republican-led states have sent buses up from the southern border.”

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/rcna54862

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drpvn t1_j0r6et5 wrote

That doesn’t say how many of the 21k were bused from other cities.

This is from September, but note the large gap between the reported total number of migrants who had arrived in NYC (11k) and those who were bused from Texas (2.5k).

The point being, most of the migrants who have come to NYC this year were not bused from Texas. They came here through other paths.

Edit: I enjoy when people downvote me because they don’t like a fact I referenced.

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Grass8989 t1_j0rmhjl wrote

For some reason everyone is downvoting facts, pretty wild.

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ThePillsburyPlougher t1_j0shjco wrote

Why are you focusing on Texas specifically though?

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drpvn t1_j0sl7cv wrote

My understanding is that Texas sent the most migrants by a huge margin. The other states don’t amount to much in total. I could have said “other states” and the point would still be true—and the point is that shitty reporting appears to have created a widespread belief that all (or even most) of the migrants that have come to NYC were sent by red state governors. I’ve seen no evidence in any data that that’s true, and the data I’ve seen about how many Texas sent makes clear that it’s not true.

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