Donald Trump's Border Patrol dumps immigrants, city taxpayers get bill
When U.S. Border Patrol agents started dumping migrants at a San Antonio bus station in late March, sometimes in the middle of the night with no warning, Colleen Bridger didn't know what to do.
The assistant city manager wanted to speak with the Border Patrol to figure out what was going on, how to coordinate the drop-off times and how to assess the volume of migrants San Antonio could expect in the future. But because the Texas city is 150 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border and had never dealt with an influx of undocumented immigrants before, there was a problem.
"I didn't even know the right department or division or office to call," Bridger said.
Since then, San Antonio has received more than 31,000 migrants released by the Border Patrol after they requested asylum. The city converted a former Quiznos restaurant into a migrant processing center, gave them food and medical screenings, provided cellphones so they could call relatives in the U.S, and partnered with a local church to provide overnight bed space. All told, those efforts have cost San Antonio more than $540,000.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/donald-trumps-border-patrol-dumps-immigrants-city-taxpayers-get-bill/ar-AAHJS6r?li=BBnb7Kz
Sounds like Trump is bound and determined to turn Texas blue.
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