Tex. Governor Greg Abbott sent a bus of asylum-seeking migrants to Los Angeles Wednesday and Mayor Karen Bass welcomed them while condemning the governor's actions.

Bass said the governor's stunt was not surprising and the city had a plan in place for when it inevitably happened. Anticipating the bus arrivals, Bass said there were LAPD, LAFD and members from nonprofit organizations ready to receive the migrants at Union Station in downtown L.A.

“Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear and we absolutely will not be swayed or moved by petty politicians playing with human lives," Bass said in a statement Wednesday. "We are a city that seeks to treat all people with dignity and compassion and we will continue to work closely with non-profit organizations, including the L.A. Welcomes Collective, as well as with our County, State and Federal partners."

Abbott took credit for the buses, saying he will continue to transport migrants in Texas to sanctuary states such as California.

"Los Angeles is a major city that migrants seek to go to, particularly now that its city leaders approved its self- declared sanctuary city status," Abbott said in a statement. "Our border communities are on the frontlines of President Biden's border crisis, and Texas will continue providing this much-needed relief until he steps up to do his job and secure the border."

Both Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have now transported asylum-seekers to California cities. When DeSantis took credit for a flight of migrants who arrived in Sacramento earlier this month, California Gov. Gavin Newsom called him a "small, pathetic man," on Twitter, later elaborating that DeSantis was using human beings as "pawns for his political advancement."

The migrants will reportedly be reunited with family across the state after being sheltered at St. Anthony's Croatian Catholic Church in Chinatown.

Councilmember Eunisses Hernandez was among those helping get the migrants situated, later calling Abbott's actions "political theater."

"These dangerous actions from far-right, weak-minded politicians who rely on stunts instead of actual leadership are exactly why we’re fighting to make L.A. a sanctuary city," Hernandez wrote on Twitter. "L.A. was built by immigrants and it thrives because of immigrants. We will continue to be a place that values and dignifies all human life, no matter who they are or where they come from."Mayor Karen Bass' Full Statement:

“It is abhorrent that an American elected official is using human beings as pawns in his cheap political games.

“This evening, more than 40 people were sent by the Governor of Texas to our City of Los Angeles.

“Shortly after I took office, I directed City Departments to begin planning in the event Los Angeles was on the receiving end of a despicable stunt that Republican Governors have grown so fond of.

“This did not catch us off guard, nor will it intimidate us. Now, it’s time to execute our plan. Our emergency management, police, fire and other departments were able to find out about the incoming arrival while the bus was on its way and were already mobilized along with nonprofit partners before the bus arrived.

“Los Angeles is not a city motivated by hate or fear and we absolutely will not be swayed or moved by petty politicians playing with human lives. We are a city that seeks to treat all people with dignity and compassion and we will continue to work closely with non-profit organizations, including the L.A. Welcomes Collective, as well as with our County, State and Federal partners.

“For everything that we do, we will continue to lock arms and we will continue to lead. And we will always put people’s health and well being over politics.