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L.A. Mayor slams TX Gov. for Migrants’ buses

A group of migrants was bused from Texas to Los Angeles and dropped off at downtown’s Union Station, according to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who cited L.A.’s “self-declared sanctuary city status.” The group consists of about 42 people, including young children, who are mainly from Venezuela, Honduras and Guatemala. Some of the children are as young as 2 years old, sources said. L.A. Mayor Karen Bass said she had instructed city departments to prepare to accept migrants from out of state, after GOP governors began sending asylum-seekers to Democratic states in recent months. “This did not catch us off guard, nor will it intimidate us,” Bass said in a statement. “Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear and we absolutely will not be swayed or moved by petty politicians playing with human lives.” The Associated Press has the story:

L.A. Mayor slams TX Gov. for Migrants’ buses

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Forty-two people, including some children, were dropped off at Union Station around 4 p.m. and were being cared for by city agencies and charitable organizations, Los Angeles City Councilmember Kevin de León’s office said.

Los Angeles County Public Health Emergency Operations officials leave St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church after evaluating newly arrived migrants being housed in the Chinatown area of Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. A group of migrants, including some children, who arrived by bus from Texas, were dropped off at Union Station Wednesday and were being cared for at the church. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the migrants were sent to Los Angeles because California had declared itself a “sanctuary” for immigrants. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

“They left yesterday and it was 23 hours on the bus and they did not have a chance to eat or to have water,” said Jorge Mario Cabrera of the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, who spoke to several migrants.

Angelica Salas, executive director of Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, speaks to reporters gathered outside St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Forty-two migrants, including some children, were dropped off at Union Station around 4 p.m. Wednesday and were being cared for at the church. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the migrants were sent to Los Angeles because California had declared itself a “sanctuary” for immigrants. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

“They are being fed; they’re taking shelters; they’re talking to attorneys,” he said. “These are migrants that have been allowed by the U.S. to enter because they have credible fears. They have not yet received asylum.”

Many were from Latin American countries, including Honduras and Venezuela, and one person had an immigration appointment in New York, he said.

Lindsay Toczylowski, executive director at Immigrant Defenders Law Center, left at podium, and Angelica Salas, executive director of CHIRLA, the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, talk to reporters gathered outside St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church in the Chinatown area of Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. A group of migrants, including some children, who arrived by bus from Texas, were dropped off at Union Station Wednesday and were being cared for at the church. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the migrants were sent to Los Angeles because California had declared itself a “sanctuary” for immigrants. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Mayor Karen Bass said she had instructed city departments to prepare to accept migrants from out of state, after GOP governors began sending asylum-seekers to Democratic states in recent months.

“This did not catch us off guard, nor will it intimidate us,” Bass said in a statement. “Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear and we absolutely will not be swayed or moved by petty politicians playing with human lives.”

FILE – Texas Gov. Greg Abbott speaks after signing one of several Public Safety bills at the Texas Capitol in Austin, Texas, Tuesday, June 6, 2023. A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 14, were sent from Texas in a move the city’s mayor called a “despicable stunt” by a Republican governor. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the migrants were sent to Los Angeles because California had declared itself a “sanctuary” for immigrants, extending protections to people living in the country illegally and allowing them to apply for some state benefits.

Our border communities are on the frontlines of President Biden’s border crisis, and Texas will continue providing this much-needed relief until he steps up to do his job and secure the border,” Abbott said in a statement.

Official bring new blankets into St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church in Los Angeles on Wednesday, June 14, 2023. Forty-two migrants, including some children, were dropped off at Union Station around 4 p.m. Wednesday and were being cared for at the church. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said the migrants were sent to Los Angeles because California had declared itself a “sanctuary” for immigrants. (AP Photo/Damian Dovarganes)

Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew groups of migrants from border states to Sacramento, California, at taxpayer expense. Last fall, Florida flew 49 Venezuelans to the upscale Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard.

The migrants in Los Angeles were receiving help at St. Anthony’s Croatian Catholic Church near downtown.

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