Saturday, June 17, 2023

Greg Abbott decision to bus migrants to LA condemned as ‘despicable stunt’

Governor Greg Abbott of Texas's decision to bus migrants to Los Angelesthis week has been decried as a "despicable stunt", as advocates in California reported that the group was not offered food during the 23-hour trip. 

On Wednesday, 42 migrants, including 15 youth and three babies, arrived at Union Station in downtown LA, said Jorge-Mario Cabrera, the communications director for the Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights-Los Angeles (Chirla), who met the group when they arrived. The travelers he spoke to came from Venezuela, Honduras, Guatemala and Haiti, and one came from China, he said, adding some told him they had been on the bus for nearly a day without any food or drink...

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