Gov. Abbott said donations would pay for migrant buses, but they only covered 1% of cost

After Gov. Greg Abbott boasted that private citizens would step up to fund his controversial program to bus migrants to sanctuary cities, a new CNN report shows that donations have paid for less than 1% of the total cost. CNN reports that private donations have only covered $550,000 of the $150 million Texas has so far spent dumping migrants in cities including New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C. The rest of the $1,500-per-person cost of transporting 100,000 asylum seekers to other locations has fallen on Texas taxpayers. Abbott, a Republican, initiated the donation program roughly two years ago, announcing there would “be no cost to the state” because his office was "overwhelmed" by an outpouring of support from ordinary citizens around the country.