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

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.

The letter is co-signed by California Attorney General Rob Bonta and Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar of Texas.