Sacramento church group launches GoFundMe to help fund care for Latin American migrants
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CHURCH GROUP LAUNCHES GOFUNDME FOR MIGRANTS FLOWN TO SACRAMENTO
Two weeks after Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration flew three dozen Latin American migrants to Sacramento, Sacramento ACT, a collection of Sacramento-area church groups, has launched a GoFundMe to help cover the costs of caring for them.
“Sacramento ACT needs your help within the next two weeks to provide these asylum seekers with food, shelter, and medical care. Any donation, no matter the size, will help us ensure they have meals to eat and safe, temporary shelter,” according to the GoFundMe page.
Of the 36 migrants who were flown at DeSantis’ behest and dumped at the local Catholic church, 32 remain in the area, according to Sacramento ACT.
That means 32 people who need short-term housing, food, immigration legal services, medical treatment and more. To that end, the group is looking to raise $500,000 to defray those costs.
“We continue to coordinate with our community to help them become stable in the Sacramento area as they carry out their immigration processes,” according to the statement.
The group said that the migrants are aware of the media scrutiny of their situation, but that they do not wish to speak publicly at this time.
DeSantis’ office told The Bee that the migrants consented to be flown to Sacramento. California Gov. Gavin Newsom has called that claim bunk, and vowed has threatened legal charges for the people responsible for flying the migrants.
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This story was originally published June 14, 2023 at 4:55 AM.