A Texas sheriff says his office has opened a criminal investigation into Florida Gov. DeSantis’ unprecedented move to send nearly 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last week.
to send nearly 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last week.
The group of mostly Venezuelan asylum-seekers were then taken to the posh Massachusetts island “for little more than a photo op or a video op, and they were unceremoniously stranded in Martha’s Vineyard,” Salazar said.
“It’s one of the most cruel political stunts I’ve seen in my lifetime,” LULAC President Domingo García said. Attorneys representing 30 of the 48 migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard have asked the Massachusetts attorney general and the federal government to open criminal investigations.
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