Greyhound Lines Settles Lawsuit Over Immigration Sweeps, to Pay $2.2 Million

Greyhound Lines Settles Lawsuit Over Immigration Sweeps, to Pay $2.2 Million
Agents for Customs and Border Protection board a Greyhound bus headed for Portland, Ore., at the Spokane Intermodal Center, a terminal for buses and Amtrak, in Spokane, Wash. on Thur. Feb. 13, 2020. Nicholas K. Geranios/AP Photo/File
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SPOKANE, Wash.—Greyhound Lines Inc. 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.