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Texas has spent more than $148 million busing migrants to other parts of the country

Since Gov. Greg Abbott announced the program in 2022, Texas has paid to bus more than 102,000 migrants to cities around the country.

By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán, KUT News
Two buses transporting migrants from Texas arrive at Union Station in Washington, D.C. on April 21, 2022. Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan in response to the end of Title 42, a pandemic-era emergency health order which allowed immigration authorities at the border to deny entry.

Life-changing program for migrants

Evolution of Abbott's busing program

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