Gov. Gavin Newsom investigating after migrants from Texas left in front of California church without warning
California Gov. Gavin Newsom released a statement on Saturday regarding a group of migrants from Texas who were dropped off in front of a church in Sacramento without warning.
In the statement, Newsom said that he and Attorney General Rob Bonta met with more than a dozen migrants and learned that they were taken from Texas to New Mexico and then flown to Sacramento on a private jet.
"We are working closely with the Mayor's office, along with local and nonprofit partners to ensure the people who have arrived are treated with respect and dignity, and get to their intended destination as they pursue their immigration cases," Newsom's statement read.
Newsom's administration and the California Department of Justice are working together to determine who paid for the travel of the migrants and whether they were misled, given false promises or kidnapped.
Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg released a statement of his own on Saturday to address the situation surrounding the migrants.
"Human trafficking is not only despicable; it's a felony. I urge the appropriate authorities to investigate how 16 vulnerable people were lured to travel from El Paso, Texas, to Sacramento. Whoever is behind this must answer the following: Is there anything more cruel than using scared human beings to score cheap political points?" Steinberg said.