Two busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of VP residence tonight

[Yonnie3]

Shouldn't this be a criminal act?

EDIT to add web story:

More migrants dropped outside vice president’s home in freezing weather on Christmas Eve

By Noah Gray
Updated 9:53 PM EST, Sat December 24, 2022

CNN — 

Two busloads of migrants were dropped off in front of Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence in Washington, DC, on Christmas Eve in 18 degree weather, a law enforcement source told CNN. The source said there was no one from any organization or aid group on the ground to receive them in front of the Naval Observatory, where the vice president’s home is located.

“It looked like they had to call either family members or somebody else to come and pick them up, but they were standing out there, shivering with blankets for the last five to 10 minutes,” the law enforcement source said.

A separate administration official confirmed the arrival and said law enforcement has estimated that approximately 50 more migrants are inbound and expected late Christmas Eve, likely after 10 p.m. ET. The initial two busloads were taken to local shelters, according to the official.

It’s not clear who is responsible for sending the migrants to the Naval Observatory, though CNN reported earlier this year that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott had sent buses of migrants north, including to a location outside Harris’ home.

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Just in on this Christmas Eve- Two busloads of migrants (approximately 50 people) were dropped off in front of @VP residence in 18° weather around 8p two sources tell me. 50 more migrants expected later tonight. Unclear at this time where they came from or who sent the group
9:04 PM · Dec 24, 2022

[Lucinda]

1. ...

[brooklynite]

2. A third bus has arrived; migrants say there came from Texas.

[DENVERPOPS]

28. The Federal Government

can Fuck Abbott right back, in short order. Cancel any and all federal funding for anything going to TEXAS.
Are there any Military bases in Texas, schedule de-activating them in a few months from now, "Slow down" all Tax refunds going to a Texas address, etc etc etc Sanctions on Texas, just like Russia. It will be the ONLY thing those Texas Republicans understand.

The irony is, that a multitude of Corporations and industries depend on the immigrants for cheap labor, they don't really want to stop them entering the U.S., they just use it as a sound bite to give their followers some reason to vote for the Republicans.
I want to see the ICE crew set up checkpoints coming out of every single gated community in Texas, Arizona, and Florida, check for green cards or proof of citizenship. Deny the rich all their landscapers, lawn keepers, house keepers, cleaning ladies, window washers, etc
Have raids at every meat and poultry packing business across America, check workers in every agricultural produce company in the U.S.
Enact laws or enforce existing ones that makes it illegal to employ an undocumented worker, and hand out Mandatory jail sentences to the owners or operators of companies or individuals that employ them in their homes and mini mansions.

What ever happened to Trump, when the FBI found blank Social Security Cards and a printing press at one of his resorts here in the U.S.

[Phoenix61]

55. DeSantis or Abbott could pull state business licenses

of any business found to employ anyone not cleared through e-verify. This would be easy to enforce but agriculture and hospitality industry depend on cheap labor they can exploit.

[DENVERPOPS]

73. EXACTLY

And that is true across the entire United States.........The epitome, is what I mentioned, that TRUMP's Golf Courses and Hospitality locations were caught by the FBI with printing presses and in possession of blank Social Security Cards..................

[old as dirt]

60. Uh....no.

Have raids at every meat and poultry packing business across America, check workers in every agricultural produce company in the U.S

This is how we got tfg in the first place.

Mass kidnappings and ethnic cleansings are not a solution to any perceived problem.

abUSed: The Postville Raid Trailer

De Facto Deportees

[DENVERPOPS]

74. I am not sure

how me saying that "checking workers for LEGAL documentation, WORK VISAS, and GREEN CARDS has anything to do with your retort:

"Mass kidnappings and ethnic cleansings are not a solution to any perceived problem".

[old as dirt]

78. I am not sure...

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...that you read the part of your own post that I quoted.

[Maraya1969]

70. Those are some good ideas.

[elleng]

3. hellish 2 years ahead.

[Deuxcents]

4. They were "dropped" in front on VP Harris' residence? Am I reading this right?

From Texas? The state we are saving from the Artic Blast by providing electricity? Do I have this right?

[Yonnie3]

9. Yes, the VP residence

It is not yet reported where they were transported from.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

61. How is the rest of the country shipping electricity to Texas?

From Texas? The state we are saving from the Artic Blast by providing electricity? Do I have this right?

Aren't the power grids in Texas, with rare exception, isolated from the power grids in the other 47 contiguous states?

[former9thward]

71. No one is providing power to TX.

The Dept of Energy is relaxing some of their regulations which will allow TX generating plants to produce more electricity.

[nature-lover]

5. Sickening. Playing with lives to make a political point. Should be criminal charges.

[BlueWaveNeverEnd]

49. exactly!!!!!!!!

[Emile]

57. If republicans want to play with people lives they should go after the employers

of illegal immigrants!

[AntivaxHunters]

63. Nobody is illegal on stolen land

[AmBlue]

6. What Assholery...

...and to think they could have had BETO! Meanwhile their power grid fails yet AGAIN in the midst of record fold.

Because owning the Libs is so critical to their existence??

[brooklynite]

7. My response...

Link to tweet

[SunSeeker]

8. How is this not trafficking, kidnapping and intentional endangerment of their lives?

[Bavorskoami]

10. Such cruelty

How vile does one have to be to perpetrate such an act! I don't blame only Gov. Abbott, but also his all henchmen. Who even agrees to drive the bus, open the doors and kick them out into that weather?

[BWdem4life]

39. Most likely the bus driver is not in on it.

Just getting paid to drive them from point A to B. Probably lied to the driver about what happens next (nobody alerted and ready to receive them.)

[Justice matters.]

54. I bet the bus driver approves and is a gqp voter. nt

[Polybius]

64. Perhaps, or maybe the pay is good

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So they are either greedy or racist, or likely both.

[EX500rider]

75. "So they are either greedy or racist, or likely both."

Or lives paycheck to paycheck and wants to keep paying his/her rent and eating?

When you're employer says "Drive the bus from here to here" they don't want a lot of "But who and I carrying and why?" stuff.

[Skittles]

11. repukes acting like the fascists they are

in the meantime, Democrats treat the migrants, well, just like Jesus would....imagine that

[babylonsister]

12. This is just heartless. I hope it gets lots of press. nt

[Deuxcents]

13. This bs was not put to rest the first couple of times n now it's gotten way out of hand

The very state that want to secede.. the very state we are at this minute providing power/electricity b/c their grids are screwed up by politicians.. they do this. On Christmas Eve. This is not going to stop b/c it was not addressed at the start of this. We’ll need to support these communities until someone, something puts this to a stop. This is cruel for people who just want a better life.. it’s so wrong

[BWdem4life]

41. Should have let all the Southern states secede in 1860.

But no, then they would still have slavery right now.

[EYESORE 9001]

59. Southerners who survived the Civil War should be thankful the Confederacy fell

Having a hostile nation on our southern border would have been untenable. Instead of fighting an army of misguided, rebellious Americans, the US Army would take on ‘dirty furriners’, meaning there was no longer the bugaboo about killing American citizens. There would be continual bloodshed until they were forcibly reunited - and perhaps even after that.

[mahatmakanejeeves]

62. Same question as in post #61. NT

[Hekate]

14. What fresh hell is this? Well, very likely our VP has this in hand...

Good luck all you poor people. May your lives improve.

[Midnight Writer]

15. Mathew 25:40. Inasmuch as you have done to one of the least of these, My brethren,

ye have done it unto Me.

Wonder if the baby Messiah was on that bus?

[Hekate]

16. At least they aren't still in Texas, where the power grid is in imminent danger of collapse

Good luck to them all

[usonian]

17. "The world will not be destroyed by evil people but by good people who do nothing to stop it.

Hopefully there will always be good people courageous enough to take on the bad guys, this is the only way humanity can hope for salvation”
―Bangambiki Habyarimana, The Great Pearl of Wisdom

From: https://deceleration.news/2017/01/02/these-quotes-will-inspire-you-in-your-fight-against-fascism/

Did someone legalize kidnapping? I think not.
Fascists will get away with anything and everything that you let them get away with.
This must stop and won't stop until swift and decisive action is taken against it.


OTOH, I am sure that they will be taken in and cared for.
Your "Christmas Story, 2022"

[aggiesal]

36. They probably extorted a signature from the immigrants...

saying you can board the bus as long as you agree this is not human trafficking and you can't blame us.

[BWdem4life]

42. Just because you get a signature out of someone

Doesn’t make the illegal thing you’re doing to them legal.

[aggiesal]

48. I'm not saying it is, only that I bet they did this ...

to try and protect themselves.

[EX500rider]

76. But what specific laws are being broken exactly? nt

[Solly Mack]

18. K&R

Welcome the stranger. Fuck conservatives. They ain't never been of the side of good.

[JI7]

19. This is how Christian Terrorists Celebrate Christmas

[Rhiannon12866]

20. Twitter replies:

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[AllyCat]

21. Republicans are truly horrible people.

[Iris]

22. Monsters

[mountain grammy]

23. Gregg Abbot should be in prison.

[joshdawg]

24. Yes! Yes!

This idiocy has abbott's fingerprints all over it.

At least it is something that he would do.

[ZonkerHarris]

25. along with any bus driver that abandons people

[usonian]

26. SAMU First Response is taking care of people.

From the CNN article:

Tatiana Laborde, managing director of SAMU First Response, said her group was prepared for Saturday night’s arrivals. Busloads of migrants have been arriving in Washington weekly since April.

“The DC community has been welcoming buses from Texas anytime they’ve come since April,” she said. “Christmas Eve and freezing cold weather is no different. We are always here welcoming folks with open arms.”

SAMU First Response:
https://samufirstresponse.org/

Given the migration crisis at our nation’s capital, SAMU First Response is delivering humanitarian assistance to asylum seekers arriving from Texas and Arizona. We are providing respite care to the children, women and men arriving to Washington, DC. Our support to these migrants aims to reinstate a sense of security and dignity so they can continue their journey.

4916 Nights. Goof overlooked.

[KentuckyWoman]

68. Good post. Thank you

I have never heard of this Org and am glad to know about them.

Thank you.

[Warpy]

27. Charges should be kidnapping and attempted murder

but nobody's got the guts to chagre the Sacred Oinker Abbott with anything.

[Historic NY]

29. Greg Abbott is a heartless SOB. on Christmas Eve, isn't this what happened to Mary & Joseph ,

now to Jose & Maria.

[Martin68]

30. With the temperatures we are experiencing, the is a criminal act. It is time to take action against

this criminal enterprise.

[Otterdaemmerung]

31. Little Baby Jesus says:

Not everyone who says to me, ‘Lord, Lord,’ will enter the kingdom of heaven, but only the one who does the will of my Father in heaven. Many will say to me on that day, ‘Lord, Lord, did we not prophesy in your name? Did we not drive out demons in your name? Did we not do mighty deeds in your name?’
Then I will declare to them solemnly, ‘I never knew you. Depart from me, you evildoers.’

-- Matthew 7:23, NABRE

[Laura PourMeADrink]

32. Singularly the most cruel and un-Christian like act I have

Ever heard of ( next to separating kids from parents). Wish I didn't know this

[niyad]

33. May all involved receive everything they deserve.

[shrike3]

35. They won't, sadly enough.

[SergeStorms]

34. Abbott or DeSantis, the usual suspects.

How christian of them.

[NoMoreRepugs]

37. What kind of people pick a Shitstain like Abbott over Beto?

Republican shitstain voters is who.

[Ilsa]

38. Did the GOP create the border crisis with their "open borders"

tagline whenever a D is in the WH?

[orangecrush]

40. These aren't "political opponents"

They are human pond scum.

[BWdem4life]

43. The cruelty is the point. As always.

“It’s not immediately clear exactly who did this, but we know damn well they are Repuglicans.”

[Deuxcents]

44. We have a labor shortage.. who knows what these folks have to offer

Some may be just farmers.. some have educational skills.. we don’t know but we use that wide brush to expel and have no idea w/o the time or resources to find out. It’s madness

[RestoreAmerica2020]

45. One way to stop abutt and DeSatan--President Biden to grant immediate citizenship to those

..that have been exploited by evil, kkkristians R- Govs which would also incl 2 yr housing, food medical, job training education and job placement-- and then have each man woman, child family send a thank you note to sobs that reads, "thanks for the gift of fast-tracking our citizenship with privileges eg voting rights!"

There by the grace of God go I. Ojala..anyone who purposely, knowingly harms those who are fleeing their country seeking aid ...a pox on them! May karma treat them the same way they treat others?

[orleans]

46. i think the drivers of those buses should be charged with kidnapping

or something

to have all these people get on a bus, take them across state lines and dump them outside at night? who are these assholes that are helping these republican pricks?

[lostnfound]

56. Good idea, will force the truth out and command testimony

[Polybius]

65. They agreed to go on the bus

While they may have not known what they were agreeing to, kidnapping is forced.

[LudwigPastorius]

47. Fucking Gregg Abbott

Republicans act as though cruelty is a virtue.

Who would Jesus toss out into 18 degree weather, you evil son of a bitch on wheels?

[intheflow]

50. No room at the Lone Star Inn this year, either.

🙄

I truly hate fake Christians.

[iemanja]

51. In this weather

That sounds like attempted murder to me.

[LeftInTX]

53. Really. The Texas weather was nothing compared to what was going on further north!

We did not have snow or ice, whereas there was snow and ice in TN and there were power blackouts up there.

[IzzaNuDay]

52. These cretin politicians give Christianity a bad name

Abbott did this for the cruelty, using these people as casualties and to “own the libs”. Yet they are all about g-d and Jesus on Sundays. Shameful.

When are they going to be held accountable? I won’t hold my breath.

[Karma13612]

58. Truckers carrying

Bushels of tomatoes have to be held accountable at weigh stations and log books, etc,

Do public transit and gray hound bus drivers also have to be accountable as to who, what, when, etc? I’m thinking yes.

So, what types of buses are these? Are we talking private hire? Don’t they have to have any documentation and know where they are going? And if it’s a bus load of immigrants, then they should be asking questions. What and who is in charge at the destination. And if they leave people stranded, then they need to be held accountable. I thought we prosecuted people caught bringing in truckloads of immigrants across the boarder in windowless vans and then leave them for dead.

WTAF

[MagickMuffin]

66. What would've happened if they froze to death? Who would be responsible?

I’m certainly glad there are good people to take care of them so they don’t freeze to death!


And to my soulless governor, may your stocking be filled with the sounds of chattering teeth.

[KentuckyWoman]

67. I am not being flippant

These folks are in much better hands with VP Harris and her staff then they would ever be with Greg Abbott. I highly doubt anyone coordinated in advance but is anyone can get things together fast it's Harris' staff. Especially considering this is an ongoing repeat occurrence.

Oh and Greg Abbott can go pound sand in hades.

[Maraya1969]

69. He uses these people like they are chess players.

I so hope one of them is prosecuted for this abuse.

[newdayneeded]

72. One point that keeps getting missed,

Abbott believes these are dangerous "animals" like his trump overlord. His wet dream is if one of these immigrants gets desperate from the cold and breaks into her house and attacks for shelter or food. Then they will have their dangerous criminal meme.

Otherwise, why wouldn't he send them to a safe house facility in her hometown instead. Same with the other homes he's sent them too. He's hoping for a violent break-in.

I agree with others up thread. find these bus drivers and prosecute. it wouldn't be long before they'd take a pass on driving the immigrants for risk of going to prison.

[EX500rider]

77. Except I don't think it ilegal to offer someone a free ride if they accept voluntarily nt

[LetMyPeopleVote]

79. Abbott's Christian family values on display:

Link to tweet

[eppur_se_muova]

80. How is this not felony endangerment, especially for children?

Abandoning people in sub-freezing weather, without making any provisions for providing shelter?

Yes, volunteers showed up to help, but Abbott did not communicate in advance that they would be needed. He simply abandoned the passengers to their fate. No one froze to death, but that was in no way due to any effort by Abbott to prevent it -- in fact, he seemed to be deliberately risking exactly that outcome.

Seriously, how long is the law going to sit by and let him continue to subject people to such cruelty?