California officials: Florida picked up asylum-seekers on Texas border and flew them to Sacramento

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Published June 4, 2023 10:08 PM

By TRÂN NGUYỄN and OLGA R. RODRIGUEZ
Associated Press

SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — California officials say the state of Florida has twice picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border and flown them by private jet to California’s capital. The latest flight arrived Monday with about 20 migrants. It follows the arrival Friday of 16 others from Colombia and Venezuela. They are the latest apparent instances of a Republican-led state transporting migrants to one controlled by Democrats. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida officials have not confirmed their involvement in the transport of the migrants. California officials are investigating the migrants’ arrival while local officials and faith-based groups seek to provide them food and shelter.

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