More migrants arrive in Los Angeles by bus.

Illegal Immigrants Arrive in Los Angeles, Testing Sanctuary State Status

Another busload of illegal immigrants arrived in Los Angeles this week, marking the latest influx into the self-proclaimed sanctuary state.

According to reports, thirty-five migrants reportedly arrived by bus on Thursday afternoon from Texas. This comes as Republican governor Greg Abbott continues to transport migrants to blue states, aiming to alleviate the strain on his state’s resources.

“The City has continued to work with City Departments, the County, and a coalition of nonprofit organizations, in addition to our faith partners, to execute a plan set in place earlier this year,” stated Democratic Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass. “As we have before, when we became aware of the bus yesterday, we activated our plan.”

This marks the third busload of migrants arriving from Texas in the past month, with the first bus arriving on June 14.

“Texas just dropped off the 1st bus of migrants in Los Angeles,” tweeted Abbott on June 14. “Small Texas border towns remain overrun & overwhelmed because Biden refuses to secure the border.”

Abbott further justified the move by pointing to the Democrat-led city’s “self-declared sanctuary status.”

“LA is a city migrants seek to go to,” Abbott said in June, “particularly now that its leaders approved its self-declared sanctuary status.”

California governor Gavin Newsom (D.) has been vocal about his state’s welcoming stance towards migrants. “Let me be clear, @realDonaldTrump: California is a sanctuary state,” he tweeted in 2018. “We believe in the power of diversity. We have defied and resisted the xenophobic, hateful policies of your administration at every turn. We will do it again.”

Florida governor Ron DeSantis (R.) has also been involved in transporting migrants, as his administration sent flights of migrants in June from New Mexico to Sacramento. In response, Newsom threatened to charge DeSantis with kidnapping.

“@RonDeSantis you small, pathetic man,” Newsom tweeted at the time. “This isn’t Martha’s Vineyard. Kidnapping charges?”