Three buses carrying migrants from Texas arrived in downtown Los Angeles on Friday, marking the 17th, 18th, and 19th arrivals since June.
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights, part of the L.A. Welcomes Collective, confirmed the arrival of three buses with a total of 109 asylum seekers from Texas on X (formerly known as Twitter).
According to the Coalition, one-third of all migrants arriving by bus in Los Angeles are children. The L.A. Welcomes Collective is a network of nonprofit organizations, faith groups, and city and county services that respond to the arrival of migrant buses.
CHIRLA wrote on X, “When migrants arrive in California — more than 434,000 have arrived since 2019 — we receive them, integrate them into society, and they in turn contribute positively to our way of life. The Golden State is an immigrant state and that will not change.”
Details regarding the age, country of origin, and status of the migrants were not immediately available.
Texas Governor Greg Abbott has been organizing these trips under Operation Lone Star. He claims that Texas’ border region is overwhelmed by immigrants crossing from Mexico. Operation Lone Star is a joint effort between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department along the Texas-Mexico border.
Abbott stated, “Texas secures the border in President (Joe) Biden’s absence.”
Abbott added, “Texas’ small border towns remain overwhelmed and overrun by the thousands of people illegally crossing into Texas from Mexico because of President Biden’s refusal to secure the border.”
He continued, “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. 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 has expressed frustration with Abbott’s office for not sharing enough information about the shipments. She stated that if Abbott’s concerns were sincere, someone in the Texas government would notify and coordinate with Los Angeles.
She said, “We hear about the buses headed our way when they’re on the way. We have no idea who’s going to be on the bus, how many people there will be, or what condition they’ll be in when they get here. Sometimes they haven’t had any food and barely enough water.”
The Los Angeles City Council approved a motion on June 9 to formally establish the city as a sanctuary city.
Last month, the council approved a motion for the City Attorney’s Office to investigate whether any crimes were committed on or before June 14, when Abbott sent 42 migrants to Los Angeles in the first shipment.
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