A charter bus company hired by the state of Texas to transport migrants to Chicago is trying to flip the script on the border crisis in a federal lawsuit against the city alleging that its ordinance banning unannounced migrant drop-offs is unconstitutional and punishes transportation companies working with Texas, court documents show.
Wynne Transportation LLC is fighting new restrictions in Chicago against buses dropping off one-way passengers without prior notice.
The ordinance does not specifically mention immigration, but city leaders have acknowledged it is in response to the influx of more than 30,000 migrants arriving from Texas on government-contracted charter buses, often dropped off on street corners with little or no notice.
Legally, I would not think it wise to put my business in the crosshairs between two warring states. Not only is the act of transporting immigrants into sub-zero temps without notice to either the immigrants or the receiving state morally repulsive and indefensible, that company has also now made itself a direct legal target of Illinois’ displeasure AND a handy disposable cutout for Texas to discard when Illinois sues it out of business.
In short, if I’m this business owner, I’ve just made it so that Illinois doesn’t have to fight Texas directly when they can just sue me and ensure I never operate in Illinois again, all at my own cost because the states already have armies of attorneys. And depending on local law, I may well be setting myself up not just for civil suits, but criminal charges, if some aggressive Illinois AG thinks I am actively participating in human trafficking.
No sane business owner would do this. Which means that Wynne Transportation is probably owned by some MAGA fool who has completely bought the propaganda and lies, and Greg Abbott is laughing because both that MAGA fool and his company are disposable while they stand between the two states and help absorb Illinois’ legal wrath.