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.

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.

The 16 Venezuelan and Colombian migrants had no idea where they were after being dropped off in Sacramento, said a group assisting them.

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