Los Angeles Mayor Calls 'despicable Stunt' sending immigrants from Texas
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Karen Bass sent a serious criticism to the governor of Texas, Greg Abbott, for the new shipment of immigrants to the sanctuary city; at least 42 immigrants.
The governor of Texas, new shipment of immigrants he made, via land, from her state to Los Angeles, California, as part of a claim against the Biden Administration for keeping the borders open, which led the mayor of Karen Bass to launch a strong qualification to the actions of the Republican.
Through a statement, Bass noted that the arrival of more than 40 immigrants to the city, including eight minors, is nothing more than a “despicable trick,” but he assured that they are ready to receive Hispanics, as well as all those who are out of state.
“This did not catch us off guard, nor will it intimidate us. Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear and we absolutely will not be influenced or moved by petty politicians who gamble with human lives,” he said.He added “it is abhorrent for a US elected official to use human beings as pawns in his cheap political games”.
AP reported that the Los Angeles city councilman's office , Kevin de Leon, mentioned that the immigrants who arrived by bus received attention from agencies, as well as charities, in addition to assistance at the Croatian Catholic Church of St. Anthony.
Abbott mentioned in his statement that the decision to send immigrants to the state governed by Gavin Newsom was motivated by Los Angeles is a “sanctuary city”, as well as the multiple border crossings that have occurred in recent days.
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“Los Angeles is a major city that migrants are looking to go to, particularly now that city leaders have approved its self-declared sanctuary city status. Our border communities are on the front lines of President Biden's border crisis, and Texas will continue to provide this much-needed relief until he takes the lead in doing his job and securing the border,” he said.
As On other occasions, Abbott mentioned the number of immigrants it has distributed in so-called sanctuary cities since spring 2022 that until At the moment they add up to more than 21,600.
This latest shipment is in addition to the one made a few days ago by the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, who transported 36 immigrants from Texas to Sacramento, California, for which the California attorney general is investigating whether the candidate for the House Blanca committed a crime.