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September 28, 2021

Greyhound to pay $2.2M over immigration sweeps

By NICHOLAS K. GERANIOS
Associated Press

SPOKANE — Greyhound Lines will pay $2.2 million to settle a lawsuit over the bus line's practice of allowing U.S. Customs & Border Protection agents to board its buses in Washington state to conduct warrantless immigration sweeps, the state attorney general said Monday.

The bus company failed to warn customers of the sweeps, misrepresented its role in allowing the sweeps to occur and subjected its passengers to discrimination based on skin color or national origin, Attorney General Bob Ferguson said.


 
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