The debate over immigration is pitting state against state. California's attorney general says Florida officials arranged to have South American migrants dropped off in Sacramento, and a second group arrived toda. It's the latest move as Conserve and Liberal leaders fight over how to handle immigration, ABC's Melissa Don reports. Officials in California say 16 migrants from Venezuela and Cola who entered the US at the Texas border were flown by
private charter, first to New Mexico,
then to Sacramento, before showing up on the doorsts of the Diocese of Sacramento. The group of mostly
men were allegedly convinced to board a private ple with no prior arrangement or ca. Shocked community leaders are working to provide the migrants, who range in age from 18 to 30, with food and free medical and l services. And it's it's, it's j. Heartbreaking that having come o the United States that they woue treated in that fashion,
that they would be deceived. California's
Attorney General, Rob Bonta says he's investigatio see if any laws were violated. y were made promises that were never intended to be kept and we not kept. This migrant flight seems similar to the one last September that brought about 50 migrants from San Antonio, TX to Martha's Vineyard. Florida Governor Ron De Santis took credit for those flights, which led to a lawsuit. An attorney General, Bonta says he's seen evidence Florida may have been involved n the migrant transport to his st. You think it's the state of Florida. We think that becaue there's documents that were givo the migrants to sign
with the
name of the state of Florida
on it, it's their. It their voluntary
transportation program. It's the same program that was d in Martha's Vineyard. Accordingo 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 their asylum process. Now we've also reached out to te state of Florida for a response, but have not heard back
in Los Angeles. Melissa Don, ABC News.
