Newsom Calls for DOJ Probe Into Florida’s Transporting of Illegal Immigrants to California

Newsom Calls for DOJ Probe Into Florida’s Transporting of Illegal Immigrants to California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom speaks during the Milken Institute Global Conference in Beverly Hills, Calif., on May 2, 2023. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images
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California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Thursday penned a letter to U.S. Attorney General Merrick Garland calling for an investigation into the recent transport of illegal immigrants from Republican-led border states under “deceptive representations.”

In the letter, Mr. Newsom and his co-signatories say that illegal immigrants purportedly seeking asylum in the United States have been transported from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts and Sacramento, California under false pretenses in a program funded by Florida.

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