New York Mayor Adams Suing Bus Companies Over Expenses of Housing Illegal Immigrants

New York Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city of New York would be suing 17 bus companies for transporting illegal immigrants to the sanctuary city without helping to cover the costs of their accommodation.

His statement: New York City has and will continue to do our part in the asylum seeker crisis. But we can't bear the costs alone — and we won't let those complicit in @GovAbbott's scheme get away with violating our state laws. We’re seeking approximately $700 million from 17 charter bus companies that transported migrants to NYC without paying to care for them. We'll see you in court.

While Mayor Adams protested as far back as last summer that the city had "no more room," it's been less than a year since he was still proclaiming that illegal immigrants were "welcome" in New York, although he hoped some would move to other parts of the state. It's difficult to see what Mayor Adams hopes to achieve with this lawsuit.

The bus companies are in no way responsible for the welcome mat that New York has laid out for this wave of illegal immigrants. Nor is Texas responsible for New York's sanctuary city status, and it is the height of arrogance for Mayor Adams to presume that Texas, simply because of their proximity to the border, should bear all of the costs of illegal immigration.

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Court Documents Suggest Billionaire Grocery Store Magnate Had Knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's Activities

Billionaire grocery store magnate Ron Burkle is one of several high-profile individuals mentioned in newly unsealed court documents related to Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking case.

The documents indicate that Burkle had knowledge about Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislaine Maxwell’s sex trafficking operation, and that his name appeared in the financier’s black book and private log. Court records released Thursday evening say the 71-year-old businessman had knowledge of Epstein and his co-conspirator Ghislane Maxwell's "sexual trafficking conduct." The documents are from a defamation lawsuit filed against Maxwell, who procured young women for Epstein, by his accuser, Virginia Giuffre.

Burkle joins former President Bill Clinton, billionaire Thomas Pritzker, and Michael Jackson on the list of individuals tied to Epstein. He is believed to have had suspicions about Epstein’s activities.

Since United States District Court Judge Loretta Preska signed an order on December 18 ordering the unsealing of documents related to Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell's clients that were produced in a civil case brought against the madam by Virginia Giuffre, there's been great anticipation for those documents to be made public.

It was thought that they would start being released on Tuesday, January 2, the first workday after the judge's 14-day stay to allow for appeals, but the day came and went without a single document being released.

Preska issued an order Wednesday, January 3, reciting the status of the case and stating that the parties have informed her that documents will start being uploaded to the docket "today."

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