(Trends Wide) — The migrants who arrived in Los Angeles on Wednesday on a bus paid for by Texas Governor Greg Abbott left the Rio Grande Valley in South Texas on Tuesday and had the help of several non-profit organizations that They ensured the presence of volunteers upon arrival.
“The state of Texas offered transportation to Los Angeles. Through coordination, we made sure that families who wanted to go to Los Angeles had someone to meet them and provide them with a place to stay,” said Sister Norma Pimentel, executive director of Catholic Charities of the Rio Grande Valley.
The Haitian Bridge Alliance (HBA) was one of the nonprofit organizations that was present in Los Angeles when the immigrants arrived, according to Daniel Tse, coordinator of the Asylum Taskforce group.
“We coordinate with the city [de Los Ángeles] and the mayor’s office to make sure these people were received with dignity and received the assistance they needed,” Tse said.
Aerial view of the Los Angeles church where the migrants were transferred. (Credit: KABC)
Tse says HBA is currently helping six Haitians, including a family of three, two adult cousins and one single adult, with transportation and transitional assistance while the migrants meet their sponsors. Tse claims that the migrants are exhausted from the long bus journey.
“We are not motivated by or aligned with the political motives of Abbott’s bus campaign. However, we and our partners, along with other migrant advocates, recognize the practicality and importance of providing transportation to those in need, including the use of buses. Our goal is to ensure that these initiatives are carried out in a more coordinated and compassionate way, avoiding the dehumanization of people for political gain,” Tse said.
