The governors of Florida and Texas have made news by exporting symbols of the migration crisis, asylum seekers themselves, to northern states like New York and Massachusetts. What if Northerners and leaders of other blue states were to return the favor by exporting their problems?
Export Your Problems to Other States
Ted Rall
Ted Rall is a syndicated political cartoonist for Andrews McMeel Syndication, WhoWhatWhy.org and Counterpoint. He is a frequent contributor to The Wall Street Journal, a graphic novelist and author of many books of art and prose, and an occasional war correspondent. He is, recently, the author of the graphic novel "The Stringer."
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I think the first step would be for the Northerners to admit that their declarations of “sanctuary cities” were simply empty performative acts that allowed them to feel virtuous. Martha’s Vineyard has no capacity to handle an influx of this sort.
Once you do that, you can move to the actual issue: Nowhere in this country has a system that can take in people, house them safely, integrate them into society, find them jobs, etc. And I don’t just mean the illegal immigrants. I’m talking about citizens, too. You lose your job? As Joe Biden would say (and Barack Obama before him, Dick Cheney, Bill Clinton, all the presidents really): “Tough.”
If the democrats would just admit that, collectively, they don’t care any more or less than the Republicans, we might be able to have a useful discussion.