Greyhound will stop letting immigration agents conduct warrantless sweeps of its buses and stations and will pay $2.2M in legal fees and restitution under a lawsuit settlement with the state of Washington.
Bus checks have resulted in the apprehension of people in the country illegally. But agents have also questioned citizens, green card holders and DACA recipients — in some cases detaining legal immigrants. The searches led to a wave of lawsuits against the Border Patrol from civil rights and advocacy groups. In Washington, the state attorney general also sued Greyhound, arguing the company did not have to allow officers on its property, and endangered customers' liberty by doing so.
"My office first insisted that Greyhound make these corporate reforms in 2019," Attorney General Bob Ferguson said in announcing the settlement Monday."If Greyhound had simply accepted our reasonable demand, they would have avoided a lawsuit. ... Greyhound has an obligation to its customers — an obligation it cannot set aside so immigration agents can go on fishing expeditions aboard its buses.
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