Migrant Transport Sparks California Investigation

NEWS. FIRST AT 4.30 AND IT STARTS NOW. >> STATE OFFICIALS IN CALIFORNIA ARE INVESTIGATING WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR TRANSPORTING A GROUP OF MIGRANTS FROM VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA FROM THE TEXAS BORDER TO NEW MEXICO AND ULTIMATELY TO CALIFORNIA'S CAPITAL. THE INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY AS CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OFFICE ANNOUNCED A NEW FLIGHT WITH ABOUT 20 ADDITIONAL MIGRANTS ONBOARD ARRIVING IN SACRAMENTO TODAY, THE 16 MIGRANTS WHO ARRIVED OVER THE WEEKEND WERE LEFT ON THE DOORSTEP OF SACRAMENTO COW CATHOLIC CHURCH FOLLOWING THAT PRIVATE CHARTER FLIGHT. ABC'S MELISSA DAWN REPORTS. >> OFFICIALS IN CALIFORNIA SAY 60 MIGRANTS FROM VENEZUELA AND COLOMBIA WHO ENTERED THE U.S. AT THE TEXAS BORDER WERE FLOWN BY PRIVATE CHARTER FIRST TO NEW MEXICO. THEN TO SACRAMENTO, BEFORE SHOWING UP ON THE DOORSTEPS OF THE DIOCESE OF SACRAMENTO, THE GROUP OF MOSTLY MEN WERE ALLEGEDLY CONVINCED ABOARD A PRIVATE PLANE WITH NO PRIOR ARRANGEMENT OR CARE SHOCKED COMMUNITY LEADERS ARE WORKING TO PROVIDE THE MIGRANTS WHO RANGE IN AGE FROM 18 TO 30 WITH FOOD AND FREE MEDICAL AND LEGAL HEARTBREAKING THAT HAVING COME TO UNITED STATES THAT THEY WOULD BE TREATED NOT FAST LIKE THEY SEE IT. >> CALIFORNIA'S ATTORNEY GENERAL ROB BONTA SAYS HE'S INVESTIGATING TO SEE IF ANY LAWS WERE VIOLATED. THEY BUT THEY WERE MADE PROMISES THAT WERE NEVER INTENDED TO BE KEPT AND WERE NOT KEPT. THIS MIGRANT FLIGHTS SEEM SIMILAR TO THE ONE LAST SEPTEMBER THAT BROUGHT ABOUT 50 MIGRANTS FROM SAN ANTONIO, TEXAS TO MARTHA'S VINEYARD. FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS TOOK CREDIT FOR THOSE FLIGHTS WHICH LED TO A LAWSUIT AND ATTORNEY GENERAL BONTA SAYS HE'S SEEN EVIDENCE FLORIDA MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE MIGRANT TRANSPORT TO HIS STATE. I THINK IT'S THE STATE OF FLORIDA. WE THINK THAT BECAUSE THERE'S DOCUMENTS THAT WERE >> GIVEN TO THEM MIGRANTS TO SIGN WITH THE NAME OF THE STATE OF FLORIDA ON IT. IT'S THERE IT THEY'RE VOLUNTARY TRANSPORTATION PROGRAM. IT'S THE SAME PROGRAM THAT WAS USED IN MARTHA'S VINEYARD. >> ACCORDING TO THE SACRAMENTO NONPROFIT ASSISTING THE MIGRANTS, THE GROUP ALL HAVE PENDING COURT APPEARANCES AND DUE TO THEM BEING TRANSPORTED TO CALIFORNIA, THERE WILL LIKELY BE DELAYS IN THE ASYLUM PROCESS. NOW, WE'VE ALSO REACHED OUT TO THE STATE OF FLORIDA FOR A RESPONSE BUT HAVE NOT

Channel: 23 ABC News | KERO

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Keywords: california, florida, immigration, local news, migrants, news, texas

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Length: 2min 22sec (142 seconds)

Published: Mon Jun 05 2023