Colorado county passes emergency measure to fine, seize buses dropping off migrants



A Colorado county passed an emergency ordinance Tuesday that will allow the sheriff's department to impose fines and seize buses dropping off illegal migrants, KDVR reported.

Douglas County is taking action to preemptively protect itself from an uptick in migrant arrivals over concerns that Denver officials will likely begin busing individuals to surrounding areas.

Denver, a sanctuary city, recently began shuttering a number of public-run migrant shelters as part of a "consolidation" plan that will reportedly save $60 million, Blaze News previously reported. Following the announcement of the closures, Denver officials asked property owners to open up their rental homes to migrant "newcomers" as a longer-term housing solution.

Douglas County Commissioner George Teal told "Fox & Friends" on Thursday that his community has a large Republican population and is not a migrant sanctuary.

"Denver got on the bandwagon of the anti-Trump fad of declaring a sanctuary city early, among Democrat cities across the nation," Teal stated. "We're not a Democrat county. We're a community that is mostly Republican. We were never going to be a sanctuary county."

"We know that it's just a matter of time before Denver starts diverting buses here into Douglas County. We're to the south of Denver — right between Denver and Colorado Springs. And that's why we did this ordinance, so that, when that happens, we're prepared," Teal added.

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston (D) has claimed that all migrants residing in the shelters slated to be closed down will be moved to other accommodations.

"As we've all checked and found out, President Trump isn't the president anymore — at least not yet, again," Teal continued. "Right now it's President Biden, one of their own Democrats. And yet they still continue these policies that they're starting to regret."

Teal declared there would be "no more freeloading," noting that the county's new ordinance would ensure the community's safety. The measure would impose a fine of up to $40,000 on buses dropping off "commercial passengers" in "unplanned locations." Buses may also be seized by local law enforcement if they are deemed a "public nuisance."

County commissioners told KDVR that, so far, bus-loads of migrants have not been dropped off in the area.

Lora Thomas, a county commissioner, told the news outlet, "We want to be very proactive and make sure that these bus companies don't think we'll just bring them to Douglas County because we have no shelters in Douglas County."

The county stated that it plans to contact Texas busing companies to inform them that dropping off migrants in the community is not permitted.

Anything else?

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said on Thursday that he would continue busing migrants out of the state "until we get a new president," the New York Post reported. Abbott's office says more than 17,300 migrants have been bused to Denver since May 18, 2023.

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Bus companies stop transporting migrants to New York City amid Mayor Adams' $700M lawsuit



Three bus companies agreed to halt the transportation of migrants to New York City amid Democratic Mayor Eric Adams' $700 million lawsuit, the New York Post reported.

In January, Adams filed a complaint against 17 bus companies that have reportedly carried more than 33,000 migrants from Texas to New York City since April 2022. His complaint argued that the charter bus operators should have to pay for the costs of caring for the migrants, arguing that the companies earned "millions of dollars" from Texas while acting in "bad faith."

Adams said at the time, "These companies have violated state law by not paying the cost of caring for these migrants, and that's why we are suing to recoup approximately $700 million already spent to care for migrants sent here in the last two years by Texas."

The suit claimed that the charter bus firms received $1,650 per person to transport the individuals across the country, noting that the expense was five times more than the average cost for a one-way airplane ticket to New York City.

Abbott previously called the lawsuit "baseless."

"It's clear that Mayor Adams knows nothing about the Commerce Clause of the U.S. Constitution, or about the constitutional right to travel that has been recognized by the U.S. Supreme Court. 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," Abbott said in January in response to the announcement of the lawsuit.

Adams' office filed the complaint shortly after signing an executive order prohibiting transportation companies from dropping off migrants in New York City without giving city officials 32 hours' notice. The measure also designated a single drop-off location and limited drop-off times from 8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.

The mayor stated that charter buses that refuse to abide by the new orders could be impounded. The companies could also be charged with a class B misdemeanor, which carries up to three months in prison, a $500 maximum fine for individuals, and a $2,000 maximum fine for corporations.

Democratic Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson adopted similar measures in November. In response to the new restrictions, Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott began transporting migrants to the sanctuary cities via plane.

A New York City Hall spokesperson told the Post on Wednesday that Texas-based bus company Roadrunner Charters Inc. has agreed to pause its transportation of migrants to the city while litigation is pending. As part of the agreement, the city will not seek preliminary injunctive relief, the representative explained. However, it does not protect the company from having to pay restitution if Adams wins the case.

Two other bus companies, Buckeye Coach LLC and VLP Charters, told the Post that they are no longer hauling migrants to the city.

David Jones, the owner of Buckeye Coach LLC, stated, "We haven't been in the program for a while — we only went to New York two times."

"When New York brought up the requirements, we were ready to comply," he added. "We are not into the politics, all of this is crazy to us. We are just doing interstate commerce. ... They hire us, we do a run and that's it."

A spokesperson for VLP Charters said, "When the mayor sent the letter, we haven't continued anymore."

The other bus companies named in the lawsuit did not respond to the Post's request for comment.

"I am pleased to see that Roadrunner — one of the bus companies we sued for taking part in Texas Governor Abbott's scheme to transport tens of thousands of migrants to our city in an attempt to overwhelm our shelter system and shift costs to New York City — has agreed to halt the bussing of migrants into and around New York City while the lawsuit proceeds," Adams stated.

"We call on all other bus companies involved in this suit to do the same," he continued. "Reckless political games from the state of Texas will not be tolerated."

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GOP lawmakers enraged as Biden secretly buses, flies migrants into Tennessee in 'the dead of night’



Republican lawmakers in Tennessee are demanding answers in response to shocking news that the Biden administration is secretly busing and flying scores of illegal immigrants into the state.

What are the details?

Reports that the Biden administration has been moving thousands of unaccompanied minors and tens of thousands of migrant adults — presumably without court dates — into the country amid the ongoing border crisis have circulated since February. But this week the news hit home for Tennessee lawmakers who, alarmed that the administration is seemingly doing so "under the cover of darkness," have opted to speak out about the matter.

After WRCB-TV broke the story on Wednesday night that "Chattanooga's Wilson Air Center is receiving planes carrying migrant children who are being bused to multiple southeastern cities during overnight hours," the state's two Republican senators lashed out at the administration.

"It is absolutely unacceptable if the Biden Administration is facilitating a mass migration under cover of darkness without any input or oversight from Tennesseans and the affected communities," Sen. Marsha Blackburn wrote in a social media post Wednesday night.

It is absolutely unacceptable if the Biden Administration is facilitating a mass migration under cover of darkness… https://t.co/wOlzafpn9t

— Sen. Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) 1621461901.0

In a statement to Fox News, Sen. Bill Hagerty said, "I have warned for months that President Biden's failure at the border would result in a systematic resettling of migrants in our communities, burdening our schools, hospitals, and law enforcement agencies, and bringing an increase in drug trafficking and human smuggling."

WRCB-TV reported that they have obtained videos of at least four flights arriving in the early morning hours between last Friday and Wednesday.

The news outlet noted that a source with direct knowledge of the operation who asked to remain anonymous reported that "approximately 30 to 50 minors are transported at a time, some to reunite with family members and others to go to group homes."

The source reportedly added that "the operation started in Dallas, Texas, but moved to small airports recently to avoid attention."

What else?

A spokesperson for the airport denied any involvement in coordinating the operation. So WRCB-TV, based on a tip from one of the bus employees, reached out to the Department of Defense, which in turn claimed that the flights were operated by the Department of Health and Human Services.

TheBlaze has reached out to the Department of Health and Services for clarity on the matter.

One thing that does appear to be clear at this point is that Tennessee lawmakers were not informed about the operation.

In a separate statement to Fox News, Blackburn reportedly stated that the transportation of migrants is taking place in "the dead of night without the knowledge or permission of the communities involved."

Earlier this month, in a letter to President Joe Biden, Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee (R) joined a coalition of fellow Republican governors in calling for the administration to address the immigration crisis, which they claimed was affecting all states, not only those at the border.

The crisis at our border is too big to ignore, and it's spilling into ALL of our states. I have led a joint letter… https://t.co/xpAfXoYMLV

— Gov. Bill Lee (@GovBillLee) 1620745025.0