My team just won a major civil rights victory.
Last year I sued Greyhound, the national bus line, over their failure to warn passengers that they were allowing warrantless and suspicionless immigration enforcement actions on its buses running through Spokane.
My legal team spoke to Washingtonians forced to endure embarrassing searches of their possessions in front of other passengers, despite having done nothing wrong. Immigrants were detained and separated from their families because they chose to buy a ticket from Greyhound. Some were even deported. These warrantless searches seemed to target people of color and delayed travel for thousands of Washingtonians.
Greyhound chose not to warn its customers of these risks.
I told Greyhound that if it implemented a list of corporate reforms ending its consent for these warrantless and suspicionless searches, it could avoid a lawsuit. Greyhound refused.
So I filed a lawsuit.
On the eve of trial, Greyhound conceded and agreed to my demands. Greyhound adopted all of the corporate reforms I demanded before filing my lawsuit. In addition, Greyhound will pay more than $2 million that I will send to Washingtonians harmed by Greyhound’s conduct.
Greyhound had a duty to inform its customers about the risks of harassment and detention as a result of its cooperation with ICE agents who routinely conducted warrantless and suspicionless searches aboard its buses. I am committed to holding powerful corporate interests accountable if they fail to warn Washingtonians that they’re putting their health and safety at risk.
So far, I am the only state Attorney General to file a lawsuit against Greyhound even though my legal team believes this conduct was occurring across the country.
Sign on if you stand with me in our fight against racial discrimination.
Thank you,
Bob
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