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I'm not American, but I do see this as a reasonable set of actions. In fact, it's almost what the right should've been doing from day one.
If someone else is saying 'we need to let in the migrants/refugees and care for them', but the burden of doing so falls entirely on you, it's more than reasonable to simply start moving them elsewhere. I think doing so makes you look unreasonable and unpleasant, but it's an unreasonableness and unpleasantness that forces the right people to put skin in the game.
I'm not sure about this particular move, to be fair, but overall? I think relocating migrants is fair and appropriate to the point of being effectively a win-win. If New York or Boston or wherever wants to functionally allow illegal immigration and Texas doesn't, New York and Boston should bear more of the costs associated.
Indeed, it ought to be a win-win-win. E.g. Texas says it's having to do too much for illegal immigrants, many immigrants at the Texas border would rather go to e.g. New York but can't easily get there on their own, and New York says even illegal immigrants are making their new communities stronger; with every marginal immigrant relocated everybody should be happy!
If the reaction had been "thanks, that was nice of you to help them immigrate a little further", maybe rubbed it in a little with "I'm sure they'll be more welcome and have more opportunities here anyways" or "we appreciate the economic help", then I'd think Texas looked pretty foolish to make a big deal out of it. Instead too many reactions have been more reminiscent of the "AAAAAAH! MY FINGERS! MY PRECIOUS FINGERS!” metaphor (last few paragraphs of the linked post).
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