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What do you think about the migrant issue going on at the border, and possibly coming to a town near you?

Asked by jca2 (16278points) May 13th, 2023

What do you think about the migrant issue going on at the border? As you may know, migrants are being bussed to various cities around the country.

Has your area had an influx of migrants, yet?

None have come to my immediate area yet, probably because there’s no public trasnportation and limited services here, as it’s semi-rural. A bit farther south of here, and west of here, busloads have arrived within the past few days or are set to arrive this weekend. Hotels are going to put them up. It was on the news that some people who had blocks of hotel reservations for wedding guests had their reservations canceled at the last minute. Some of the cities north and west of NYC are getting busloads of migrants this weekend, to be put up in hotels.

On the news, they’re showing migrants being put up in schools, police stations and other areas that are not made for housing people, but there’s an overflow of people who need somewhere to sleep. One of the mayors of a city that is receiving migrants said he was told to be happy it’s almost summer vacation, because the kids won’t have to be put into the school systems yet.

I know that these cities have asked for help from the state and federal government.

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