Gov. Greg Abbott's migrant busing program costing Texas $12 million [View all]

Gov. Greg Abbott's migrant busing program has cost $12 million since it began, amounting to an average of about $1,300 per person per ride to destinations on the East Coast.

The migrant busing program under Operation Lone Star has provided transportation free of cost to 9,200 migrants since it began in April, delivering them to New York City and Washington, D.C.

The Texas Division of Emergency Management told the El Paso Times that, as of mid-August, the state agency "has paid over $12 million transporting migrants processed and released by the federal government in Texas border communities." That works out to $1,304.35 per trip.

Comparatively, a one-way, same-day ticket on a Greyhound bus from El Paso costs $291 to New York City and $324 to Washington, D.C. Same-day flights to either destination are under $400.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gov-greg-abbotts-migrant-busing-183417595.html

He doesn't care. It ain't his money.