Gov. Gavin Newsom issued a request for federal intervention, a month after migrants were flown to Sacramento.
“It is unconscionable to use people as political props by persuading them to travel to another state based on false or deceptive representations,” wrote California Gov. Gavin Newsom and state Attorney General Rob Bonta in a letter to the Justice Department. | POLITICO/Victoria ColliverCalifornia Gov.
The move comes a month after two groups of migrants arrived by flight in Sacramento, spurring multiple California Department of Justice investigations and a threat from Newsom that Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis could face kidnapping charges. Democratic city and state leaders have also transported migrants, most notably New York City Mayor Eric Adams, who hasJustice Department officials have stayed quiet on the controversial transportation tactic — which DeSantis and Abbott have framed as a protest to the ending of pandemic-related immigration laws — even as state law enforcement officials have expanded their legal fights.
Newsom and Bonta, in their letter, argued that the cases should fall under federal oversight, as officials have moved migrants across state lines.
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