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> Serves Democrats right if illegal immigration fucks up their neighborhoods.
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What started as some next-level political trolling by Gov. Greg
Abbott has turned into a most effective message on illegal
immigration. The fact that it comes from two of America�s most
Democratic cities is a bonus. New York Mayor Eric Adams is angry
at Abbott for expanding the Texas shuttle service for migrants
released into the U.S. For a while, the governor was offering
trips only to Washington, to send a message to the federal
government. Now, the Big Apple is on the itinerary, too, and
Adams thinks it�s �horrific.� Adams� administration has turned
to the federal government for help, complaining that it lacks
shelter space for the migrants and needs extra funding for
strains on education and health care systems. �They frankly need
a lot of support,� Manuel Castro, who leads Adams� immigration-
affairs office, told CNN. �They�ve traveled a long way to get
here.�

Ya think? That�s what Texas has been telling the federal
government for 20 years. Except here, it�s been millions of
arrivals over the years and an absolute deluge since President
Joe Biden took office. Many factors contribute to illegal
immigration rates. But Biden campaigned on reversing Trump-era
policies, and whether he was right to do so or not, it sent a
signal to millions that it was time to head to the U.S. Adams is
crying uncle after a relative handful hit his city, as did Mayor
Muriel Bowser of Washington. The two Democrats have validated
every complaint Abbott and predecessor Rick Perry lodged about
federal failure at the border. It�s especially rich that New
York (the city and the state) have �sanctuary� policies, meaning
they limit cooperation with federal authorities enforcing
immigration laws. A tiny taste of the real effect of those
policies is apparently much more bitter than they thought.

Adams even threatened to bring buses full of New Yorkers to
Texas to campaign against Abbott. Leaving aside the tactical
preposterousness of Yankees trying to persuade Texans how to
vote, Adams was also quickly reminded how many New Yorkers are
already fleeing its tax-and-regulatory misery for Texas and
other rational states. Abbott couldn�t have been sure that Adams
and Bowser would react the way they did. But getting your
opponents to make your political point for you is devastatingly
effective � much more so than the steps that some of the
governor�s Republican colleagues are urging him to take. Hard-
line conservatives want Abbott to declare that illegal
immigration into Texas is an �invasion,� thereby authorizing
(they contend) state action to actually deport people. Such a
step would set up, at best, an expensive legal battle with the
federal government. Worse, it could lead to literal clashes
between federal and state law enforcement. Nor does Texas need
to risk conflict with Mexico. And politically, it would make
Texas the villain, the meanie stepping in where it doesn�t
belong and grabbing people without authority. Adams suggests
that�s what�s happening now, but the bus trips are voluntary,
and some passengers have been eager to go. Many need immediate
support, though, and the burden falls to local communities and
charities. During the Biden administration, already-irrational
U.S. immigration policy has become a free-for-all for migrants
and the smugglers who prey on them. The administration has
slashed deportations, even as illegal border-crossings rise
dramatically. Ending Trump�s �Remain in Mexico� policy for
asylum-seekers means many will be admitted to the U.S. and live
here for years before their cases are resolved, if they even
show up for hearings. More than 2 million people have been
released into the country in the president�s short time in
office. It�s unsustainable. Texas and much of the country badly
needs a rational system for importing workers. For decades, we
welcomed Mexican immigrants in particular, and the benefits of
their hard work in industries such as construction largely
outweighed the cost, particularly when you factored in the
contributions of their American-born children. But there has to
be a limit, and not just for the sake of U.S. communities. The
immigrants themselves risk rape, robbery and death to get here,
and without systems to accommodate them, they fall into the
shadows of uncertain status. A secure border, a rational system
for deciding who gets in and under what status, and fair
treatment for those already here � especially the ones brought
here so young they are American in every way but one � have to
come first. Republicans and Democrats alike have resisted and
refused to compromise. For anything to change, the people who
stubbornly insist that �compassion� calls for unlimited
immigration must see the consequences of their beliefs. Eric
Adams was one. Kudos to Abbott for showing him the light.

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