I'm surprised nobody mentioned the racist reasons the french government refuses to implement free transports nationwide. It would save them a lot of money, but

I'm surprised nobody mentioned the racist reasons the french government refuses to implement free transports nationwide. It would save them a lot of money, but the police would loose its main source of catching undocumented people. In big cities, the police uses ticket control as an excuse to arrest migrants. The process goes like: 1. stop all black people (only those) at the exit of the metro 2. ask for ticket 3. if they don't have a ticket, ask for ID 4. if they don't have ID, take them away for ID check / deportation. So why check for transport tickets, you may ask? Because stopping all black people on the streets would be obvious illegal discrimination. The ticket is the legal justification for the ID check. Here's a press article from over a decade ago about those police raids (french language): https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-nos-vies-connectees/20071221.RUE2631/sans-papiers-un-collectif-contre-les-rafles-du-metro.html https://www.nouvelobs.com/rue89/rue89-nos-vies-connectees/20...