Based on what I've seen, the people are informed as to where the buses/planes are going, and voluntarily go. They correctly understand that any large city fart

Based on what I've seen, the people are informed as to where the buses/planes are going, and voluntarily go. They correctly understand that any large city farther from the border has more jobs, more resources than any border town. And they are correct in this assessment. There's this weird, and frankly bigoted, infantilization of economic migrants who cross illegally. They aren't stupid. They are just as smart as your typical colleague. They are informed, they have agency, and access to information via smart phones they bring with them or the ones provided to them when CBP gives them a data to appear for their asylum hearings. If I lived in one of these countries, I'd be one of these migrants. And there's no way I'd get on a bus or plane to a destination unless I thought there were more opportunities there. And yes, the Martha's Vineyard plane fiasco was a publicity stunt, BUT it clearly showed the utter hypocrisy Americans have on this issue. They showed up on an island filled with vacant 10 bedroom mansions, and early enough in the fall where a large percentage of businesses were still open. Not a single mansion was offered to them. Instead they were rapidly ferried to a military base to avoid offending the sensibilities of the economic elites on MV. Meanwhile, if you live in a border town, you're just expected to deal with 1000x the number with no assistance from the US Federal government. After all, what do they care? They're thousands of miles away, and only care about things that they see. And they don't see the border towns, because the US national media has decided that it's not an interesting story for their audiences.