TX sheriff opens probe into DeSantis’s migrant flight to Martha’s Vineyard

Source: The Hill | September 19, 2022 | Chloe Folmar

Texas sheriff opens probe into DeSantis’s migrant flight to Martha’s Vineyard

Bexar County, Texas, Sheriff Javier Salazar opened an investigation on Monday into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s (R) controversial transport of approximately 50 migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.

“We are opening up a case, an investigation, with regard to the suspected activities involving the 48 migrants from Venezuela,” Salazar said in a news briefing.

The sheriff said that the group of Venezuelan migrants were “lured” from a migrant resource center into traveling to Martha’s Vineyard “under false pretenses.”

According to Salazar, one Venezuelan migrant was paid to recruit the others, who were allegedly promised work and other benefits, before the group was flown first to Florida and then to Massachusetts.

“They were taken to Martha’s Vineyard for, from what we can gather, for little more than a photo op, video op and then they were unceremoniously stranded in Martha’s Vineyard,” he said.

DeSantis flew the group of migrants north on Wednesday in an effort to draw attention to liberal vs. conservative immigration policies.

Democrats and immigration advocates had called for a probe into DeSantis’s actions, saying he may have broken laws against fraud or human trafficking.

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