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<blockquote data-quote="Babagounj" data-source="post: 5795016" data-attributes="member: 12952">[URL unfurl=&quot;true&quot;]https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-city-sues-charter-bus-companies-for-transporting-migrants-from-texas-8c482dce[/URL]&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; NEW YORK — New York City is suing more than a dozen charter bus companies for their role in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s operation to send tens of thousands of migrants to urban areas.The lawsuit claims the 17 bus companies “knowingly implemented” Abbott’s busing plan in violation of a New York law that sets limits on transferring “needy persons” across state lines. It seeks more than $700 million in damages to recoup the cost of caring for an estimated 33,000 migrants that have arrived in the city on charter buses since April 2022.Some of the bus companies appeared caught off guard by the latest lawsuit. “We don’t make policies,” said David Jones, an employee at Buckeye Coach LLC, one of the charter companies named in the lawsuit. “We are just a transportation company.”Murad Awawdeh, executive director of the Immigration Coalition, described the legal action as a distraction from the larger issues facing the city as it seeks to care for newly arrived migrants.“This lawsuit is one more way for the mayor to scapegoat someone else for his lack of management of the situation,” Awawdeh said. “He needs to stop taking pages out of Gov Abbott’s playbook and step up and lead the city of New York.”</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Babagounj, post: 5795016, member: 12952"] [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.marketwatch.com/story/new-york-city-sues-charter-bus-companies-for-transporting-migrants-from-texas-8c482dce[/URL] NEW YORK — New York City is suing more than a dozen charter bus companies for their role in Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s operation to send tens of thousands of migrants to urban areas. The lawsuit claims the 17 bus companies “knowingly implemented” Abbott’s busing plan in violation of a New York law that sets limits on transferring “needy persons” across state lines. It seeks more than $700 million in damages to recoup the cost of caring for an estimated 33,000 migrants that have arrived in the city on charter buses since April 2022. Some of the bus companies appeared caught off guard by the latest lawsuit. “We don’t make policies,” said David Jones, an employee at Buckeye Coach LLC, one of the charter companies named in the lawsuit. “We are just a transportation company.” Murad Awawdeh, executive director of the Immigration Coalition, described the legal action as a distraction from the larger issues facing the city as it seeks to care for newly arrived migrants. “This lawsuit is one more way for the mayor to scapegoat someone else for his lack of management of the situation,” Awawdeh said. “He needs to stop taking pages out of Gov Abbott’s playbook and step up and lead the city of New York.” [/QUOTE]

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