LOS ANGELES — A fourth bus full of migrants arrived in Los Angeles from Texas on Tuesday night, CNN reported, citing a nonprofit.

It was reported that the bus came from the border city of Brownsville, Texas, and carried 41 migrants, including six children, the youngest of whom is 1 year old.

What You Need To Know

  • A fourth busload of migrants arrived in Los Angeles from Texas on Tuesday night, according to a CNN report

  • The bus carried 41 migrants from Brownsville, Texas, about half of whom are from Venezuela, according to a nonprofit 

  • Texas has bused thousands of migrants to cities led by Democrats 

  • Despite criticism and pleas for him to stop, Gov. Greg Abbott has vowed to keep busing migrants 

The Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles said in a statement roughly half of the migrants are from Venezuela. Others came from countries including China, Brazil, Chile and Haiti.

The nonprofit believes Texas state officials funded the bus trip.

Texas has bused thousands of migrants to cities led by Democrats. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on July 10 tweeted that the state has bused 25,000 migrants to “sanctuary cities,” including more than 10,300 to Washington, 9,500 to New York, 3,600 to Chicago, 1,800 to Philadelphia and 250 to Denver.

In June, the state of Florida picked up three dozen migrants in Texas and sent them by private jet to California’s capital, catching shelters and aid workers in Sacramento by surprise.

Mayors have denounced Abbott for busing migrants, including Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock, who wrote, “What’s happening at the border and now at the doorsteps of cities across the country is a humanitarian crisis. What none of us need is more political theater pitting jurisdictions against each other and exacerbating this situation instead of advocating for real solutions.”

On April 30, Lori Lightfoot, mayor of Chicago at the time, sent a letter to Abbott urging him to stop busing migrants to her city.

“I am, yet again, appealing to your better nature and asking you to stop this inhumane and dangerous action,” Lightfoot wrote. “Since we began responding to the arrival of migrants sent by your delegation in August 2022, we have shouldered the responsibility of caring for more than 8,000 men, women, and children with no resources of their own.”

Abbott responded, vowing to continue doing so.

“As the mayor of a self-declared sanctuary city, it is ironic to hear you complain about Chicago’s struggle to deal with a few thousand illegal immigrants, which is a fraction of the record-high numbers we deal with in Texas on a regular basis,” he wrote.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.