Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Wednesday that his state had sent a busload of migrants to Los Angeles. The migrants were dropped off at L.A.’s Union Station Wednesday evening. “Small border towns in Texas are overflowing with thousands of people crossing illegally. President Biden moved from Mexico to Texas because he refused to secure the border,” Abbott said in a press release. “Los Angeles is a major destination for immigrants, especially now that city leaders have recognized its self-proclaimed sanctuary city status.” In his release, Abbott said Texas communities along the border are “on the frontlines of President Biden’s border crisis” and will continue to provide relief to those communities until more action is taken along the border. The busing of immigrants is part of a strategy by the Texas Division of Emergency Management to reduce the number of undocumented people at the border to select sanctuary cities. It started with Washington, D.C. in 2022, and Abbott added New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia as additional drop-off locations, and most recently with Denver as a busing destination. According to a release from Abbott’s office, this busing strategy has paid off. More than 21,600 immigrants are being transported out of border communities that Texas has deemed too crowded. In a statement, Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass, of whom more than 40 people were flown to LA, said the move by the Texas governor was a cheap political game. Shortly after he took office, he said he had prepared in the event that something like this happened. “Now, it’s time to put our plan into action. Our emergency management, police, fire and other departments were able to learn about incoming arrivals as the bus arrived, and were already mobilized with nonprofit partners before the bus arrived.” This comes after two flights from Florida to Sacramento filled with asylum seekers. Now, according to groups helping those migrants, 36 people who arrived on the plane were promised jobs and other free support. Earlier Wednesday, California Attorney General Rob Bonda filed public records requests with DeSantis’ office and the Florida Division of Emergency Management regarding the flights, including communications between DeSantis’ office and private contractors.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced Wednesday that his state had sent a busload of migrants to Los Angeles.
The migrants were dropped off at LA’s Union Station on Wednesday evening.
“Small Texas border towns are being overwhelmed by thousands of people crossing illegally from Mexico into Texas because President Biden refuses to secure the border.” Abbott said in a press release. “Los Angeles is a major destination for immigrants, especially now that city leaders have recognized its self-proclaimed sanctuary city status.”
In his release, Abbott said Texas communities along the border are “on the front lines of President Biden’s border crisis” and will continue to provide relief to those communities until more action is taken along the border.
The busing of immigrants is part of a strategy by the Texas Division of Emergency Management to reduce the number of undocumented people at the border by choosing sanctuary cities. It started with Washington, D.C. in 2022, and Abbott added New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia as additional drop-off locations, with Denver most recently added as a bus destination.
According to a release from Abbott’s office, the busing strategy has resulted in more than 21,600 immigrants being transported out of border communities that Texas considers overcrowded.
Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass said in a statement that the Texas governor’s move was a cheap political game that brought more than 40 people to LA. He also said that shortly after he took office, he prepared for something like this to happen.
“It doesn’t capture us, and it doesn’t threaten us,” Bass said in a statement. “Now, it’s time to put our plan into action. Our emergency management, police, fire and other departments were able to learn about incoming arrivals as the bus arrived, and were already mobilized with nonprofit partners before the bus arrived.”
This comes after two flights from Florida to Sacramento filled with asylum seekers. Now, according to groups helping those migrants, 36 people who arrived on the plane were promised jobs and other free support.
Earlier Wednesday, California Attorney General Rob Bonda made public records requests DeSantis Office And this Florida Division of Emergency Management Regarding flights, including communications between the DeSantis office and private contractors.
