LOS ANGELES — An eighth bus of migrants arrived in Los Angeles from Texas Thursday. Forty asylum seekers arrived at Union Station at 11:10 a.m., having traveled about 24 hours from Brownsville on the latest chartered trip sponsored by the state of Texas. Since June, Texas has sent 323 asylum seekers to LA.

What You Need To Know

  • An eighth bus of migrants arrived in LA from Brownsville, Texas, Thursday

  • Since June, Texas has sent 323 asylum seekers to LA

  • The most recent group of migrants includes 40 people, 12 of whom are children ranging in age from 9 months to 17 years old

  • The asylum seekers are originally from Venezuela, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras

The migrants represent 14 families, including 12 children ranging in age from 9 months to 17 years old. The vast majority are originally from Venezuela, but other migrants came from Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras, according to the Center for Humane Immigrant Rights Los Angeles.

“We have joined hands and resources in Los Angeles to receive and treat asylum seekers with dignity and respect,” CHIRLA Executive Director Angelica Salas said in a statement. “We hope that everyone will arrive safely and that these modes of transportation do not compromise anyone’s health, especially the children."

The most recent bus load of migrants to LA comes days after a similar bus sent from Texas to Chicago resulted in the death of a 3-year-old.

The most recent group of LA migrants is receiving support services through the LA Welcomes Collective.

A group of immigrant rights, immigration legal services providers and faith organizations that work with the city and county government of LA, LA Welcomes is providing food, clothing, hygiene kits, health checkups and legal immigrant orientations before facilitating reunions with family members and sponsors who live in the area.

Most of the asylum seekers on the eighth bus have relatives, loved ones or sponsors in California, CHIRLA said.