PICO California and Sacramento ACT, two faith-based volunteer groups that are helping the South Americans, told US media the group were approached outside a migrant centre in the Texas border city of El Paso by people who offered them jobs and other support.

Officials in California said they have launched an investigation after more than a dozen migrants were left on the doorstep of a Sacramento church without prior arrangement or care over the weekend.

A second plane reportedly carrying migrants arrived Monday morning in Sacramento, three days after 16 migrants from South America were flown on a private chartered flight from New Mexico to California’s capital city.

California's attorney general is investigating whether the government of the state of Florida played any role in sending more than a dozen migrants to the California capital of Sacramento without advance notice.

California's attorney general is investigating Florida's role in sending a group of migrants to Sacramento on a private flight. KCRA's Ashley Zavala reports.

California is investigating how more than a dozen migrants arrived in Sacramento, California by private jet . 02:41 - Source: CNN