Texas’ busing of migrants hits a speed bump as fewer enter country

The bus trips to Democrat-run cities stopped after June as the number of migrants apprehended across the southwest border plummeted.

by Alejandro Serrano, The Texas Tribune August 23, 2024September 7, 2024

The bus trips to Democrat-run cities stopped after June as the number of migrants apprehended across the southwest border plummeted.

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Gov. Abbott said donations would pay for migrant buses, but they only covered 1% of cost

The rest of the $1,500-per-person cost of transporting 100,000 asylum seekers to other locations has fallen on Texas taxpayers.

by Sanford Nowlin March 18, 2024July 23, 2025

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Texas taxpayers have so far paid $124 million for Abbott’s migrant bus trips

Gov. Greg Abbott’s program has sent 100,000 migrants from border communities to Washington D.C., New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles.

by Sanford Nowlin February 5, 2024September 7, 2024

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Report: Texas undermined nonprofits’ attempts to aid migrants bused out of state

An investigation found that Texas officials initially provided information on the trips to advocacy groups but quietly ended those communications last fall.

by Sanford Nowlin January 9, 2024September 7, 2024

Gov. Greg Abbott puts on a happy face during one of his U.S. border cosplay sessions.

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New York City sues bus companies that Texas hired to transport migrants

More than 33,000 migrants have arrived from Texas since August 2022. The city wants bus companies to pay more than $700 million.

by Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune January 5, 2024September 7, 2024

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Child dies while en route to Chicago as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s migrant busing program

After a 3-year-old began showing signs of distress, the bus of asylum-seekers traveling from Brownsville to Chicago pulled over and an ambulance was called. The child later died at a hospital in Illinois.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune August 12, 2023January 14, 2024

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Gov. Greg Abbott expands Texas’ migrant busing plan to Philadelphia

Abbott said Philadelphia’s mayor has ‘long-celebrated and fought for sanctuary city status, making the city an ideal addition to Texas’ list of drop-off locations.’

by Sanford Nowlin November 15, 2022September 1, 2023

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Caught between feuding politicians, nonprofits shoulder burden of Texas’ migrant busing program

Texas has transported about 13,000 migrants to New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. But in the absence of communication between the state and those cities, nonprofits are having to pick up the pieces for this mass movement of migrants.

by James Barragán, The Texas Tribune November 7, 2022July 6, 2025

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U.S. will begin turning many Venezuelan migrants back to Mexico

The Biden administration is also creating a pathway to allow “qualified” Venezuelans into the country. Venezuelans have been fleeing their home country in record numbers, and the number crossing the U.S.-Mexico border has surged.

by William Melhado, The Texas Tribune October 13, 2022March 12, 2025

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Assclown Alert: Racing to the bottom with Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis

Anyone questioning whether Gov. Greg Abbott is chasing the 2024 Republican nomination need look no further than his despicable actions last week to see he’s all in.

by Sanford Nowlin September 20, 2022August 12, 2023

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Washington, D.C., mayor declares public emergency over Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing of migrants

Documents obtained by CNN show that Texas has spent $12.7 million busing migrants to Democrat-led cities.

by Michael Karlis September 9, 2022August 17, 2023

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Chrissy Powell, Migrant Buses: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Our most-read story involved the revelation that missing San Antonio mom Chrissy Powell’s car sat in a shopping center parking lot for 12 days before a security guard reported it.

by San Antonio Current Staff August 5, 2022August 3, 2023

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Legal questions shroud Gov. Greg Abbott’s move to bus migrants back to the border

Some experts say the actions create little change in immigration enforcement. Others say they invite a legal battle.

by James Barragán and Uriel J García, The Texas Tribune August 1, 2022August 17, 2023

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Gov. Abbott tells D.C. mayor to ‘stop attacking Texas’ as migrant buses create humanitarian crisis

The mayor says she needs help from the National Guard to prevent a spiraling crisis created by Abbott and fellow Republican Gov. Doug Ducey of Arizona.

by Michael Karlis July 29, 2022September 28, 2023

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Busing Migrants, Texas GOP vs. Pot Legalization: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Our most-clicked story involves the steep bill Gov. Greg Abbott has so far handed Texas taxpayers for his election-year stunt of busing migrants to Washington, D.C.

by San Antonio Current Staff June 24, 2022August 17, 2023

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Gov. Greg Abbott has so far spent nearly $3 million in taxpayer money busing migrants out of Texas

Critics have blasted Abbott’s plan as an election-year stunt, and the buses have contained as few as nine migrants.

by Sanford Nowlin June 21, 2022May 23, 2025

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$250K Shed, Isis Romero: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Apparently, people had a hard time believing a three-room shed east of downtown could be listed for $250,000.

by San Antonio Current Staff April 29, 2022May 7, 2025

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Gov. Greg Abbott asks for donations to bus migrants as he gets flak for using taxpayer funds

The governor’s office wouldn’t say how much it’s raised or whether the trips will be funded solely by donations going forward.

by Sanford Nowlin April 28, 2022August 17, 2023

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In San Antonio, Gov. Greg Abbott says his much-touted buses to D.C. carried as few as nine migrants

Abbott has made national headlines by saying he’s shipping migrants to Washington D.C. because the Biden White House isn’t tough enough on immigration.

by Sanford Nowlin April 22, 2022May 13, 2025

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Top U.S. border official says busing migrants out of Texas complicates federal officials’ jobs

The U.S. Customs and Border Protection commissioner said Gov. Greg Abbott isn’t coordinating with the agency as Texas sends migrants far from their immigration proceedings.

by Emily Hernandez, The Texas Tribune April 15, 2022June 2, 2024