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The city of Chicago impounded a “rogue bus” from Texas that was attempting to drop off 49 migrants at the city’s designated landing zone Wednesday night.
The impoundment occurred hours after the City Council approved an ordinance adding harsher penalties for bus owners whose vehicles violate restrictions governing unscheduled buses.
Under the revised rules, buses face “seizure and impoundment” for unloading passengers without a permit or outside of approved hours and locations. Violators will also be subject to $3,000 fines, plus towing and storage fees.
City officials hope the tougher penalties and enforcement efforts hold bus owners accountable to rules the city implemented in mid-November seeking to rein in chaotic bus arrivals from the southern border. The rules required drop-offs to occur on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The city also limited bus arrivals to two per hour and designated the West Loop’s 800 S. Desplaines St. as the location to unload passengers.
The city of Chicago impounded a “rogue bus” from Texas that was attempting to drop off 49 migrants at the city’s designated landing zone Wednesday night.
The impoundment occurred hours after the City Council approved an ordinance adding harsher penalties for bus owners whose vehicles violate restrictions governing unscheduled buses.
Under the revised rules, buses face “seizure and impoundment” for unloading passengers without a permit or outside of approved hours and locations. Violators will also be subject to $3,000 fines, plus towing and storage fees.
City officials hope the tougher penalties and enforcement efforts hold bus owners accountable to rules the city implemented in mid-November seeking to rein in chaotic bus arrivals from the southern border. The rules required drop-offs to occur on weekdays between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. The city also limited bus arrivals to two per hour and designated the West Loop’s 800 S. Desplaines St. as the location to unload passengers.
