The second bus carrying migrants from the Texas-Mexico border to Los Angeles arrives in L.A. on Saturday.
The 41 migrants were recently paroled by the Border Patrol and are voluntarily making the 1,600-mile journey, according to the LA Times. It is unknown where in the city they will be dropped off.
This is the second group of migrants that has been bussed from Texas to Los Angeles; on June 14, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced that a group of 42 migrants was bussed to L.A. from the city of McAllen.
“Texas’ small border towns remain overwhelmed and overrun by the thousands of people illegally crossing into Texas from Mexico,” said Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in a press release. “Los Angeles is a major city that migrants seek to go to, particularly now that its city leaders approved its sanctuary city status.”
Governor Abbott directed the Texas Division of Emergency Management to charter buses to transport migrants from Texas to Washington, D.C. in 2022. Since then, Abbott has added New York City, Chicago, Philadelphia and Denver as drop-off locations.
According to the press release sent out by Governor Abbott’s office, more than 21,600 migrants have been transported to sanctuary cities.
Los Angeles isn’t the only California city that has received migrants; in June, two private planes dropped off groups of migrants in Sacramento under direction from Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ office.
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