Texas has shipped out the latest busload of migrants who had crossed the border from Mexico, this time sending them into Los Angeles as it was struggling to keep residents safe from Tropical Storm Hilary.
The busload of 37 migrants left the border city of Brownsville at 5 p.m. on Sunday, just as Southern California and much of the surrounding area was in a state of emergency, according to a coalition of advocacy groups that received them.
The largest group of people on the bus were from Venezuela, with the rest from Guatemala, Mexico, Belize, Honduras and Ecuador.
Also in the group were 15 children, including a 3-week-old baby.
Lindsay Toczylowski, executive director of the Immigrant Defenders Law Center, an aid groups that supports asylum seekers, called the Texas officials’ decision to send them into a storm zone “reckless.”
Persons:
Hilary, Lindsay Toczylowski
Organizations:
Texas, Immigrant Defenders Law Center
Locations:
Mexico, Los Angeles, Brownsville, Southern California, Venezuela, Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, Ecuador, Texas