Greg Abbott sends fifth bus of migrants to Los Angeles

Jenny Goldsberry

July 23, 12:47 PM July 23, 12:53 PM

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Los Angeles received its fifth bus of migrants from Gov. Greg Abbott (R-TX) on Saturday.

This latest bus included 44 migrants from Mexico, Colombia, China, Haiti, Honduras, Peru, and Venezuela — 14 of whom were children between the ages of two and 14 years old, according to a Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights’s spokesperson. Los Angeles received its last migrant bus a week ago.

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According to Abbott’s office, over 160 migrants have been sent to Los Angeles since June 14. In total, over 27,000 migrants have been sent to Denver, Chicago, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and New York City. Abbot claimed he’s sent thousands of migrants because Texas towns on the border are “overwhelmed and overrun” with migrants.

“Los Angeles is a major city that migrants seek to go to, particularly now that its city leaders approved its self-declared sanctuary city status,” Abbott said in a statement at the time he sent the first bus. “Our border communities are on the front lines 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.”

Mayor Karen Bass said her office cooperated with “city departments, the county, and a coalition of nonprofit organizations, in addition to our faith partners” to engage in its plan that it has previously utilized toward the influx of migrants.

“Actions ordered by Texas Gov. Abbott against migrants and refugees are outrageous, if not criminal,” CHIRLA Executive Director Angelica Salas said in a statement to ABC News. “We condemn the dehumanization of migrants and refugees anywhere, and we remind Governor Abbott that every life is precious and protected under the United Nation’s Human Rights Charter.”

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Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) has followed suit and also transported immigrants arriving in his state to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, in 2022 and to Sacramento, California, in June 2023.

Gov. Gavin Newsom (D-CA) called for the Justice Department to investigate Abbott and DeSantis’s immigrant transport programs.