LOS ANGELES — Another bus carrying migrants from Texas arrived Tuesday in downtown Los Angeles, the 14th such arrival since June 14.
“One bus with migrants on board from Texas arrived around 9:10 a.m. (Tuesday) at Union Station,” according to a statement from Zach Seidl, Los Angeles deputy mayor of communications. “This is the fourteenth bus that has arrived. 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. As we have before, when we became aware of the bus yesterday, we activated our plan.”
The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights confirmed the arrival of the bus with 40 asylum seekers from El Salvador and Venezuela. There were 12 families on the bus, including 14 children.
CHIRLA is a member of the L.A. Welcomes Collective, which is a network of nonprofit, faith groups and city and county services that respond to the arrival of migrant buses.
“We focus on people, not drama or politics. Together, the city, county & nonprofits will continue to coordinate and support each other until our new neighbors feel they have an opportunity to start again,” CHIRLA posted on X, formerly known as Twitter.
According to city officials, Los Angeles has welcomed more than 500 migrants from Texas since the first bus arrived.
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott has been orchestrating the trips under Operation Lone Star, saying Texas’ border region is “overwhelmed” by immigrants crossing the Mexican border. OLS is a joint operation between the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Texas Military Department along the southern border between Texas and Mexico.
Abbott says the operation is intended to counter the influx of immigrants, illegal drug trade and human smuggling. On X (formerly Twitter), Abbott said the operation as of Aug. 26 has resulted in more than 420,800 apprehensions, 33,600 criminal arrests, 30,500 felony…
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