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Texas sent a 10th bus loaded with migrants to Los Angeles on Saturday. Despite the fact that LA is designated a Sanctuary City Los Angeles Mayor Karen Bass has been harshly criticizing Texas Governor Greg Abbott for sending migrants to LA.

Last week the 9th bus was sent as Tropical Storm Hillary was impacting the city the LA Mayor reacted.

"This evening, Los Angeles received another bus from Texas. That means that while we were urging Angelenos to stay safe, the Governor of Texas was sending a bus with families and toddlers straight towards us KNOWING they’d have to drive right into an unprecedented storm," Bass tweeted on X. "Evil."

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According to news outlet FOX Los Angeles, the 10th bus had a total of 39 migrants, which included 12 families and 21 children.

The LA Mayor reacted to the news that a 10th bus was sent five days after the previous bus, according to the outlet. "LA has not extended an invitation asking for people to come. This is a political act." Bass claimed on social media.

Mayor Bass also highlighted that the city and county combined are grappling with a significant homeless population of nearly 70,000, a substantial portion of whom were living in makeshift tents.

Abbott's press secretary, Andrew Mahaleris, responded by explaining that the migrants on these buses had all signed a voluntary consent waiver before embarking on their journey. And they were being sent to a sanctuary city.

Sanctuary City status

In June, the Los Angeles City Council voted to designate the city as a sanctuary for immigrants, a move that echoed California's existing status as a sanctuary state. This decision came with the intent of limiting the utilization of local and state resources to support the efforts of United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), as stipulated in a law signed back in 2017.

Mahaleris explains that “Migrants willingly chose to go to Los Angeles, having signed a voluntary consent waiver available in multiple languages upon boarding that they agreed on the destination. And they were processed and released by the federal government, who are dumping them at historic levels in Texas border towns because of the Biden-made crisis." 

"Each bus is stocked with food and water and makes stops along the trip to refuel and switch drivers," Mahaleris added. "Migrants are allowed to purchase any needed provisions or disembark at any of these stops. Instead of complaining about Texas providing much-needed relief to our overrun and overwhelmed border communities, Mayor Bass needs to call on President Biden to step up and do his job to secure the border—something he continues failing to do."