Blue states replacing migrants to red states with illegals

 Wall Street Journal:

The Great Blue to Red State Migration Continues

The latest Census data finds that on present course six progressive states would lose 12 House seats in 2030 reapportionment.

The migrant border mess is benefiting progressive states like New York, California and Illinois in one respect: It’s offsetting some of their population loss from droves of taxpayers fleeing to lower-cost and low-tax states. That’s one lesson from new Census Bureau state population data released this week.

The U.S. population increased by 1.6 million between July 2022 and July 2023, with states in the South accounting for about 1.4 million of the growth. Leading the boom were Texas (473,453), Florida (365,205), Georgia (116,077), South Carolina (90,600) and Tennessee (77,512). Driving their growth was migration from other states.
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Texas will gladly make this trade getting educated and productive growth and sending poor illegal migrants to blue states. 

In the 1970's I was working as a lawyer for an investment banking firm headquartered in Houston, Texas and I talked with a recent migrant from New York.  He explained one of the reasons he moved was because the housing in Houston was much more affordable.  He said for the same price as his nice house in Houston the same money in New York would be in a place no one would want to live if they could avoid it.  Housing costs in California have also become unaffordable for many.

See also:

Chicago Mayor Begs and Pleads for Help With Illegal Immigration Crisis in Schadenfreude Overload

And:

 Rogue migrant buses to face criminal charges as part of Mayor Adams’ crackdown on arrivals

He should be blaming Biden's open borders policy and not the bus drivers and companies. 

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