New York Judge Rules Against NYC Mayor’s Challenge to Texas’ Illegal Alien Busing

New York Supreme Court Justice Mary V. Rosado ruled against New York City’s efforts to block bus companies from transporting illegal aliens into the city from Texas. 

In her deliberations, Rosado concluded that the case was “essentially identical” to one that the U.S. Supreme Court struck down back in 1941.  

“The mass migration of people within the country, which the commissioner seeks to chill or prevent, is an issue reserved by the Constitution for Congress, lest the United States fall to a regime of Balkanization with each state setting fort[h] a patchwork of inconsistent criteria for crossing state lines,” Rosado said. 

New York City Mayor Eric Adams had previously requested a preliminary injunction to block bus companies based in Texas from transporting illegal aliens to the city. According to CBS News, the New York Civil Liberties Union posited that the mayor’s actions were unconstitutional. The court subsequently rejected the mayor’s request. 

Transporting illegal aliens out of Texas to “sanctuary cities” is part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s Operation Lone Star—Texas’ initiative to strengthen border security, block the smuggling of drugs and firearms, and put an end to transnational criminal activity at ports of entry. 

In January, Adams sued 17 Texas-based charter bus companies to cover all expenses the city incurred, estimated to be over $700 million, as a result of the relocation of illegal aliens. 

Nine companies agreed to stop transporting aliens to the city—leaving eight to shoulder the lawsuit. In an interview with Fox News, Abbott said that Adams should have filed the lawsuit against President Joe Biden, not the bus companies. 

The New York State Supreme Court has now ruled against Adams’ “unconstitutional” lawsuit. “This is a plain attempt to regulate the transportation of indigent persons from State to State in violation of the Interstate Commerce Clause,” the decision says. 

Abbott celebrated the recent news on social media. “Another WIN!” he posted on X. “The New York Supreme Court REJECTED Mayor Adams’ attempt to block Texas from busing migrants to his sanctuary city.”

Abbott added, “Until the Biden-Harris Administration secures the border, Texas will continue to send migrants to sanctuary cities.”

Will Biagini

Will was born in Louisiana and raised in a military family. He currently serves as a journalist with Texas Scorecard. Previously, he was a senior correspondent for Campus Reform.