Texas Gov. Greg Abbott raised $401,000 from private donations to help fund his operation to bus migrants from the southern border to Democratic-leaning cities.
The individual contributions to the Texas border transportation fund were made in late April through Oct. 28, according to documents obtained from a public records request. A majority of the donations were under $100 with the largest single donation $5,100.
The money raised is a trivial amount of the total cost of the governor’s initiative to transport thousands of migrants to Washington, New York and Chicago. Texas has spent more than $20 million from the state budget for the busing operation, according to a local TV outlet. Abbott’s office said the state has bused more than 12,700 migrants to the three Democratic-leaning cities since April, according to a statement from Oct. 28.
