Buses Unload Illegal Immigrants at New Jersey Train Station, Exploiting ‘Loophole’

The New York City executive order requires notification 32 hours in advance and dropping off passengers only on weekdays.

Illegal immigrants apprehended in Texas wait in line outside the Port Authority Bus Terminal to receive humanitarian assistance in New York on Aug. 10, 2022. Yuki Iwamura/AFP via Getty Images

Busloads of illegal immigrants en route for New York City are being dropped off at various train stations in New Jersey, state and local officials said, an apparent attempt to exploit a “loophole” in New York City’s latest order restricting their arrival.

According to a notice posted on Dec. 31, 2023, on the official X account for Jersey City, some 10 buses that departed from Texas and Louisiana have arrived at train stations in several New Jersey towns including Secaucus, Fanwood, Edison, and Trenton over the weekend.