Multiple North Texas busing companies have been named as defendants in a lawsuit filed by New York City in response to a busing program that has transported thousands of unlawful migrants to the city.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced last week that the city is suing 17 charter bus and transportation companies that have helped transport more than 33,600 unlawful migrants to the self-described sanctuary city since August 2022, as previously reported by The Dallas Express.
The lawsuit lists multiple companies based in North Texas as defendants, including two companies with offices in Dallas.
Transportes Regiomontanos and Southwest Crew Change Company are each listed in the lawsuit as defendants, with both companies having an office in Dallas.
Also listed in the lawsuit as defendants are the Irving-based Wynne Transportation and the Fort Worth-based Roadrunner Charters.
This lawsuit stems from the busing program that Gov. Greg Abbott started in response to an influx of unlawful migrants into the state.
Adams discussed the lawsuit in a press release after the filing, claiming “Abbott has admitted to facilitating the transport” of the unlawful migrants. Still, there has been no assistance in funding for the city.
New York City is seeking approximately $708 million to help “recoup the hundreds of millions of dollars incurred to care for all these individuals, costs moving forward for any of those migrants still in New York City’s care, and costs for all those who are transported to New York City from Texas in the future as part of Governor Abbott’s plan.”
Adams said that this lawsuit “should serve as a warning” to those who break the law in New York.
Abbott responded to the lawsuit, asserting it is “baseless and deserves to be sanctioned.”
“Every migrant bused or flown to New York City did so voluntarily, after having been authorized by the Biden Administration to remain in the United States. As such, they have constitutional authority to travel across the country that Mayor Adams is interfering with,” explained the governor in a press release sent to The Dallas Express.
“If the Mayor persists in this lawsuit, he may be held legally accountable for his violations,” added Gov. Abbott in the release.
