Frustrated by “rogue buses” from Texas dropping off migrants by the thousands, the mayors of New York, Chicago and Denver are trying to slow the surge by requiring the bus operators to coordinate arrivals under the threat of impound, fines and even jail time.
Last week, 14 busloads of migrants from Texas made their way to New York City – the highest total recorded since spring 2022, Mayor Eric Adams said, citing the city’s Asylum Seeker Arrival Center.
At the direction of Texas’ Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, the Lone Star state has bused over 90,000 migrants to “sanctuary cities” run by Democrats like Washington, DC, New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia, Denver and Los Angeles since April 2022, according to numbers released by the governor’s office Friday.
In justifying the busing of migrants who cross the southern border, Abbott in a statement last year said “it was just Texas and Arizona that bore the brunt of all the chaos and problems that come with it.”
“Now, the rest of America can understand exactly what is going on,” he said.
I’d just keep the buses. I hate civil asset forfeiture as much as anyone but if Texas wants to fund city bus system expansion, let them.
As someone who’s looked at converting a schoolbus into a motor home you can get buses for really cheap. All impounding will do is make them use cheap disposable buses that might not make the trip.
Was thinking the exact same thing. If I were Texas I’d put it the call for cheap buses that are save enough for the trip and just take them one way. This is a shit show, the people need help but it shouldn’t fall on one state.
I suspect they’re privately owned and chartered by the state. You’d get (and I assume lose) lawsuits over it.
Sounds like a vehicle that may have been used in the commission of a crime, good luck suing a state government. They can have their buses back in 2 years after they’ve sat in an impound lot.
You can only sue the government, if the government says you can. They could ignore the lawsuits, and impound the busses under civil forfeiture. They could then use said busses for whatever the government wants.