New York City Mayor Eric Adams on Thursday announced a lawsuit against 17 Texas bus companies who are transporting migrants to the city, suing for over $700 million.

700 million, “tens of thousands of migrants”, that’s about ten to seventy thousand per head. And that’s just for transporting them!

  • Throwaway@lemm.eeOPM
    1153·
    11 months ago

    So much spice in this article. I honestly wonder if he’s going to swallow his pride and say that NYC is no longer a Sanctuary City (IMO that would be the honorable thing to do), or keep up this charade.

    • HipHoboHarold@lemmy.world
      333·
      11 months ago

      A sanctuary city just means the city is going to let the federal government handle the federal issue. You aren’t a citizen of a state. You are a citizen of the country. So it’s a federal issue.

      And it actually has some benefits. Like imagine witnessing a murder and not being able to say anything. They find the body, it’s a mystery, no one knows who did it. You could bring closure to the family… but you can’t say anything. Because you would also get punished.

      In a sanctuary city, they can come forward with information without worry about being deported.

      Maybe do some research on things instead of just using them as buzzwords.

      • PizzaMan@lemm.ee
        124·
        11 months ago

        Shush, we can’t have truth around here. It ruffles too many feathers.

    • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
      294·
      11 months ago

      The article is behind a paywall, but I fail to see how being a sanctuary city justifies trafficking people and dumping them in another state. Do you not understand what a sanctuary city is? Or do you not understand that lying to people so they will get on a bus out of state is a crime?

        • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
          112·
          11 months ago

          Got it, you don’t know what a sanctuary city is, and you think that people existing in your state is a problem you can solve with kidnapping.

            • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
              114·
              11 months ago

              These people? Not yet, this just happened.

              But these people were deceived. Kidnapping by deception is the legal equivalent of using force.

              https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/migrants-landed-marthas-vineyard-tricked-misleading-brochure-lawyers-s-rcna48390

              Some people have reported being intimidated, some have said that they were told there would be services, some report being told that it was going to expedite their asylum process.

              None of these people have committed a crime. Existence is not illegal. It is not a crime to cross the border. It is not a crime to seek asylum. There’s a process, and all of these people are going through it. They have case numbers and wristbands with their info on it. Calling them “illegals” is both dishonest and reveals your own prejudice. If they had been denied asylum in court, then they would be deported.

              • OnlyTakesLs@sh.itjust.works
                48·
                11 months ago

                Illegally immigrating is illegal. It is a crime to cross the border with authorization. Claiming asylum when you get caught does not absolve you of that.

                • Neuromancer@lemm.eeM
                  36·
                  11 months ago

                  Personally most of the asylum claims are bs from the start. They should be sent to Mexico and they can file there. Immigrants have learned they can claim it and o get in.

              • jimbolauski@lemm.ee
                27·
                11 months ago

                Accusations are not evidence.

                Entering a country illegally is … Illegal.

                Crossing the border illegally is … Illegal.

                • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
                  23·
                  11 months ago

                  There’s no such thing as entering the country illegally or crossing the border illegally. These are inventions of xenophobic politicians trying to make you fear outsiders. It is illegal to circumvent the immigration process, or to fail to follow the application process for asylum. But you can cross the border and then apply for immigration or asylum without committing a crime.

                  • jimbolauski@lemm.ee
                    22·
                    11 months ago

                    Here’s the law about crossing the border. Turns out you can enter the country illegally.

                    8 U.S. Code § 1325

                    Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as designated by immigration officers, or (2) eludes examination or inspection by immigration officers, or (3) attempts to enter or obtains entry to the United States by a willfully false or misleading representation or the willful concealment of a material fact, shall, for the first commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18 or imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both, and, for a subsequent commission of any such offense, be fined under title 18, or imprisoned not more than 2 years, or both.

    • Neuromancer@lemm.eeM
      422·
      11 months ago

      God no. Though to be fair; the term doesn’t mean much. It means they won’t actively go after illegal immigrants but Biden isn’t going after them either. In effect all cities are sanctuary cities under Biden

      • YeetPics@mander.xyz
        1010·
        11 months ago

        And gas prices were so much lower under clinton, that’s the other point we use to determine who the worst president is right? Clearly clinton was better than trump too, gas was so cheap back then.