Judge Strikes Down New York City’s Bid to Block Illegal Immigrant Buses From Texas

A judge has ruled that New York City cannot invoke a centuries-old “anti-pauper” law to block Texas from offering illegal immigrants free bus rides to the Big Apple. In a decision published on Nov. 7, New York Supreme Court Justice Mary Rosado dismissed a lawsuit filed in January by the commissioner of the New York City Department of Social Services against charter buses contracted by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to transport illegal immigrants to New York City. In the lawsuit, Mayor Eric Adams sought to prevent the companies from knowingly dropping off “needy person[s]” in New York, citing a state law that criminalized bringing indigent individuals into the state to make them a public burden....