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New York City officials say Texas Governor Greg Abbott is 'bar-coding people and treating them as less than human' as another four buses of migrants arrive Thursday in the Big Apple for a total of more than 1,500 for the week
2022-08-26
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Standard operating procedure at hospitals, so I’m not clear what’s objectionable here. It’s wristbands, after all, not tattoos.
  • New York officials have accused Texas Gov. Greg Abbott of placing bar codes on the record amounts of migrants bused into the city from the Lone Star State

  • Officials say the wristbands are a shrewd tactic to scare them into remaining on these buses until they arrive in New York

  • The claims stem from a video captured by city immigration workers at the city's Port Authority bus station Wednesday, which shows migrants wearing wristbands

  • Earlier this month, Abbott began sending busloads of asylum seekers to New York City to call attention to the migrant crisis affecting his state

  • The maneuver is likely to put pressure on Mayor Eric Adams, who has been at war with Abbott since he said he would welcome the migrants with open arms
Posted by:Skidmark

#11  M Murcek, unfortunately they need to uniquely identify each invader. Branding is good when you want all the critters marked the same.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2022-08-26 17:18  

#10  Texas is more of a branding sort of place.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-26 16:43  

#9  It could have been worse. Abbott could have tattooed them.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2022-08-26 16:10  

#8  Cleaver Man that Governor Greg Abbott bar coding the migrants with the addresses for the 5 Star Bar & Hotels in NYC, like the Four Seasons Hotel New York 57 East 57th Street, New York, New York 10022 U.S.A. 1 (212) 758-5700 -👍😜😁🤣
Posted by: Elmavins and Tenille6004   2022-08-26 13:14  

#7  Says NYC as they issue them a driver's license, EBT card, check them into a hotel and sign them up to vote.
Posted by: Super Hose   2022-08-26 12:20  

#6  Well then it sounds like New York City has a moral obligation to take them on. A true policy of concern would be sending buses themselves to triple the input, at least.

Hold up; is this the New York City which sent a fire squad of police to bust up a 5 year old's birthday party because papers were not in order?
Posted by: swksvolFF   2022-08-26 10:07  

#5  Would neckbands be more acceptable?

If they were those exploding ones like in The Running Man, yeah, that would be acceptable.
Posted by: M. Murcek   2022-08-26 07:50  

#4  Would neckbands be more acceptable?
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2022-08-26 07:33  

#3  Far less restrictive than the inane lock down restrictions that the NYC authorities imposed upon their own citizens.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2022-08-26 06:27  

#2  Tell 'em they are VIP wristbands and will allow them into New York's hottest nightclubs.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621   2022-08-26 05:26  

#1  Yeah, NYC complaining about "bar-coding". What, the Dems are suddenly no longer in to control? I'll remember that when I need a QR thingy.
Posted by: DooDahMan   2022-08-26 05:06  

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