June 4 (Reuters) - California's attorney general is investigating whether the government of the state of Florida played any role in sending more than a dozen migrants to the California capital of Sacramento without advance notice.
Representatives of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis did not immediately respond on Sunday to a request for comment.
They had initially been taken by bus from Texas to New Mexico and then flown by private jet to Sacramento, California Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement issued on Saturday.
Initial findings revealed the migrants possessed documentation "purporting to be from the government of the State of Florida," Bonta said.
Florida paid $615,000 to an aviation company as part of a "relocation program of unauthorized aliens," Florida state data showed.
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