LOS ANGELES - Dozens of migrants from Texas arrived in Los Angeles Wednesday, with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott taking credit for the drop off.
Two buses dropped off about 40 people at St. Anthony’s Croatian Church in Chinatown. With items in hand, families from Latin America and Haiti were welcomed to the church by several people and organizations.
Workers with the Office of Emergency Operations and Public Health were at the church all day setting up and preparing for their arrival.
Several other relief organizations were on site as well. Activists were told the families who were in the bus from Texas to Los Angeles were without food or water for 23 hours.It’s believed the migrants will soon be transported from the church to other locations for shelter.The migrants were bused in from the Texas-Mexico border and Texas Governor Greg Abbott has claimed credit for it, citing LA as a sanctuary city.RELATED: Los Angeles gets one step closer to 'Sanctuary City' for immigrants with City Council voteAbbott took to Twitter to say, "Texas just dropped off the 1st bus of migrants in Los Angeles.