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adnoid

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60. Checking papers...

Thu Jan 4, 2024, 08:32 PM

Jan 2024

Requiring bus companies to check the documentation of every passenger and refuse transit should the papers not be in order is probably not where things should go.

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NYC sues bus companies that transported migrants for $708 million [View all] In It to Win It Jan 2024 OP

Boom! /nt bucolic_frolic Jan 2024 #1

Bottom line: money talks, bullshit walks. live love laugh Jan 2024 #37

ding. ding. ding. AllaN01Bear Jan 2024 #2

My prediction: ret5hd Jan 2024 #3

He's suing 17 bus companies redqueen Jan 2024 #4

I wouldn't be surprised if the state of Texas actually steps in and litigates the case for them In It to Win It Jan 2024 #5

4) New company requires individual financial background check before selling ticket to NY Bonx Jan 2024 #6

Or perhaps, markodochartaigh Jan 2024 #48

You can attend bankruptcy court NJCher Jan 2024 #73

Regardless, it is a good warning, my prediction is that it will stop Abbot from doing it. Escurumbele Jan 2024 #83

ironic DoBW Jan 2024 #7

How long before it's brought to trial? Boomerproud Jan 2024 #8

It may take a long time, but it will have an impact in the meantime. ShazzieB Jan 2024 #40

Great news malaise Jan 2024 #9

FINALLY! spudspud Jan 2024 #10

Hitting politicians/corporations in the wallet seems to be the only way. TSExile Jan 2024 #11

just the threat of a lawsuit might serve as a deterent moonshinegnomie Jan 2024 #12

Exactly. ShazzieB Jan 2024 #43

I'm pretty sure this will be thrown out . . . markpkessinger Jan 2024 #13

Then they have to be deaf, and blind, and completely stupid NOT to know. niyad Jan 2024 #18

I don't disagree with you . . . markpkessinger Jan 2024 #21

I see what you are saying. I was going to say, perhaps just the threat of niyad Jan 2024 #24

I think courts look at what is reasonably expected. When were they reasonably expected to know? live love laugh Jan 2024 #26

Adams can Sue Abbott in federal court and he can sue the bus companies. Two things can be true. live love laugh Jan 2024 #27

the "but I didn't know jaywalking was illegal" defense won't work SouthernDem4ever Jan 2024 #71

They may not have known when they initially contracted, but it's common knowledge laws have been passed. live love laugh Jan 2024 #20

I don't see any court in the country accepting an argument like that . . . markpkessinger Jan 2024 #22

Why are you so adamant that the bus companies be left out of it? live love laugh Jan 2024 #28

It's not that I'm adamant about it . . . markpkessinger Jan 2024 #42

No one is asking the bus co. to make a legal judgment call. NYC has passed the law they must abide by it. live love laugh Jan 2024 #58

When a bus is chartered by the government of one state with a manifesto with no permanentaddresses of all people... JT45242 Jan 2024 #75

The bus companies involved are profiting from human misery. Why should niyad Jan 2024 #31

are you an attorney? NJCher Jan 2024 #74

Not Sure It's That Simple ProfessorGAC Jan 2024 #32

THANK YOU Skittles Jan 2024 #14

Yeah not fooled Jan 2024 #30

Before that azureblue Jan 2024 #15

YES!!! niyad Jan 2024 #19

This MichMan Jan 2024 #29

Agreed. bmbmd Jan 2024 #54

Make them think about it next time liberal N proud Jan 2024 #16

Human trafficking for profit. keithbvadu2 Jan 2024 #17

How about, at a minimum DENVERPOPS Jan 2024 #23

Not a good idea, imo. ShazzieB Jan 2024 #46

Not serious DENVERPOPS Jan 2024 #61

I don't know what the answer is, either. ShazzieB Jan 2024 #64

There isn't an easy answer pinkstarburst Jan 2024 #88

This message was self-deleted by its author MichMan Jan 2024 #49

Doesn't that also mean NYC is responsible for the costs of caring for those who they give one way tickets elsewhere? MichMan Jan 2024 #25

Discovery should be fun DBoon Jan 2024 #33

Don't think bus companies have much liability. Texas does, and they should be fined "bigly." Silent Type Jan 2024 #34

But the last round found away around the law tinymontgomery Jan 2024 #35

Sue the train authority MichMan Jan 2024 #36

I don't know tinymontgomery Jan 2024 #45

Sue the federal government for having allowed them into the US in the first place! pinkstarburst Jan 2024 #85

So when INS buses immigrants to NYC they are breaking the law? ripcord Jan 2024 #38

This is just a part of why this can't work FBaggins Jan 2024 #53

Seriously. This is such a bad look for democrats that I can't even. pinkstarburst Jan 2024 #86

Is human trafficking mentioned? It should be. Hekate Jan 2024 #39

Not really, definition: EX500rider Jan 2024 #50

Transporting illegals bmbmd Jan 2024 #55

"Illegals?" The Contrarian Jan 2024 #57

Ha. Your name fits: yagotme Jan 2024 #82

Apprehended doesn't mean they were sent out of the country. The Contrarian Jan 2024 #89

"Hence, they are allowed to be here." Only long enough to have their hearing. yagotme Jan 2024 #91

They. Are. Not. "Illegals". pinkstarburst Jan 2024 #87

What human trafficking? ripcord Jan 2024 #65

Freely traveling doesn't mean being loaded into a bus a taken live love laugh Jan 2024 #66

YES! HAB911 Jan 2024 #41

Hell to the yes, this is how to do it. onecaliberal Jan 2024 #44

Waste of tax money. Will be tossed at some point. oldsoftie Jan 2024 #47

This can be a slipperly slope, there is a federal law that says the same thing thatdemguy Jan 2024 #51

Not clear what the legal basis is for a lawsuit. brooklynite Jan 2024 #52

Revenge? MichMan Jan 2024 #56

What Statute is being violated? brooklynite Jan 2024 #68

Section 149 of the New York Social Services Law MichMan Jan 2024 #69

Don't like this, sets a bad precedent radius777 Jan 2024 #59

Checking papers... adnoid Jan 2024 #60

Except it wasn't legal. Freethinker65 Jan 2024 #77

If the purpose isn't to reclaim the money, why are they retroactively suing for $708 million? MichMan Jan 2024 #90

Good republianmushroom Jan 2024 #62

It looks to be the commercial equivalent of a SLAPP suit. cloudbase Jan 2024 #63

Disgusting Bully Tactic hueymahl Jan 2024 #67

underscores the need et tu Jan 2024 #70

They also need to lose their all their interstate/intrastate licenses for trafficking human beings kimbutgar Jan 2024 #72

That's exactly what you do, and the bus driver should be arrested for trafficing. Bluethroughu Jan 2024 #76

NYC is asserting it has the right to keep poor people out of the city Jose Garcia Jan 2024 #78

Seriously. Whoever filed this pinkstarburst Jan 2024 #81

It's simply performative litigation Jose Garcia Jan 2024 #84

Ridiculous. Will be thrown out of court. pinkstarburst Jan 2024 #79

+1. The migrants are free after processing and release dalton99a Jan 2024 #80