Texas will not enforce their stupid fascist migrant law. [View all]
Enforcement would bust the texas budget.
Texas has approximately 1.6 million undocumented migrants.
https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2023/11/16/what-we-know-about-unauthorized-immigrants-living-in-the-us/#:~:text=The%20six%20states%20with%20the,Florida%20(900%2C000
The estimated cost per inmate in Texas is $22,751
https://www.texascjc.org/2021-session-safely-adjust-parole-practices-reduce-massive-prison-budgets#:~:text=The%20yearly%20incarceration%20cost%20per%20person%20in%20Texas%20prisons%20is%20%2422%2C751.
I did the math: $36,401,600,000 to lock them up, per year.
2024 Texas budget: $144 billion
https://www.texastribune.org/2023/05/27/texas-legislature-budget/#:~:text=The%20General%20Appropriations%20Act%20for,grid%2C%20plus%20infrastructure%20for%20broadband
36 billion is approximately 25% of the Texas budget for this year.
Other than as a selective performance act, the state of Texas will not enforce their law. They will instead continue to bus 'em to own the libs.
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