Judge refutes 'unconstitutional' NY law, saying it can't be used to stop migrant buses from Texas

A New York judge ruled that New York could not use an "unconstitutional" law from two centuries ago to stop the state of Texas from bussing migrants into New York City.

The state court on Thursday dismissed a lawsuit brought by New York City Mayor Eric Adams who attempted to sue charter bus companies that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott was using to bus migrants into the city.

Adams cited an 1817 state law that criminalized bringing an indigent person into New York “for the purpose of making him a public charge," according to The Associated Press.

Justice Mary Rosado ruled that the law was unconstitutional. 

The judge stated that if change needed to happen regarding the migrants coming into the state, Congress was the branch that could interfere. 

Adams argued that Texas was sending the migrants to New York City as "political ploys."

It would be challenging for the city to sue the whole state of Texas, resulting in them suing the charter bus companies.