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!

  • 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.

              • themeatbridge@lemmy.world
                73·
                11 months ago

                Did you not even bother to read your own link?

                improper entry into the United States by an alien

                Proper entry includes crossing the border and asking for asylum. There is no crime committed until and unless the person attempts to circumvent the immigration or asylum process. The act of crossing the border by itself is not enough.