CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Concurrent Resolution
No. 113
Introduced by Assembly Member Low
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August 15, 2023 |
Relative to the investigation of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
ACR 113, as introduced, Low.
State government.
This measure would urge that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis be held accountable and investigated for the criminal nature of specified actions, and that the United States Department of Justice investigate the governor for Florida’s Unauthorized Alien Transport Program.
Digest Key
Fiscal Committee:
NO WHEREAS, On June 2, 2023, and June 5, 2023, two planes carrying 36 migrants arrived in the City of Sacramento without warning; and
WHEREAS, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ office confirmed that they were responsible for sending the planes of migrants to California; and
WHEREAS, The arriving migrants have shared that the woman who initially approached them falsely promised that if they came on the flight to California they would be helped to find jobs; and
WHEREAS, These migrants, who did not know where they were when they arrived in the City of Sacramento, were “lied to and deceived”; and
WHEREAS, Governor DeSantis has chosen to exploit a vulnerable population and the high volume of people immigrating for his own political gain using false promises and deception; and
WHEREAS, Though the Sacramento community has come together to support the 36 people who arrived unexpectedly, we need to make it abundantly clear that people cannot be used as pawns in political games; and
WHEREAS, The Bexar County Sheriff’s Office in Texas has investigated criminal charges related to Governor DeSantis’ previous similar stunt of sending two planes of migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard; and
WHEREAS, A similar federal investigation is necessary to condemn Governor DeSantis’ actions; and
WHEREAS, The United States Department of Justice has jurisdiction to investigate these crimes, which touch at least five states; now, therefore, be it
Resolved by the Assembly of the State of California, the Senate thereof concurring, That Florida Governor Ron DeSantis be held accountable and be investigated for the criminal nature of his actions; and be it further
Resolved, That the Legislature urges the United States Department of Justice to investigate Florida Governor Ron DeSantis for Florida’s Unauthorized Alien Transport Program; and be it further
Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of this resolution to the author for appropriate distribution.