New York mayor sues bus operators that brought migrants from Texas for $708m

Lawsuit announced by Eric Adams says 17 bus companies violated state law by transporting 33,000 people to the city

Eric Adams announced on Thursday that the city had filed a lawsuit against a group of bus companies, seeking $708m for transporting migrants to New York City from Texas.

The mayor’s lawsuit accuses 17 bus companies of violating state law by transporting more than 33,000 people to the city as part of a campaign by Texas’s Republican governor, Greg Abbott, to expel people who cross the US-Mexico border without authorization.