SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta are calling for the U.S. Department of Justice to open an investigation into the transportation of migrants to Sacramento as part of a program overseen by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Thirty-six migrants were sent from Texas to Sacramento in June, a move for which the Republican presidential hopeful has taken credit. While DeSantis has defended the Florida taxpayer-funded flights, saying they are part of a “voluntary relocation” program, he has been accused of using humans as political pawns in a national debate about immigration policy.
Some of the migrants sent to Sacramento denied Desantis’ claims that their trip was willful and told the Los Angeles Times in June that they were falsely promised jobs, shelter and attorneys in exchange for boarding the plane.
