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Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard sue DeSantis - Roll Call

Three Venezuelans flown last week to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have sued him, alleging fraud.

Roll Call

DeSantis’ next move? Delaware prepares for possible plane of migrants landing near Biden's home

SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The next blow in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ battle to fly migrants out of Texas could land in Delaware.

Miami Herald

Texas sheriff probes DeSantis stunt

DeSantis' legal trouble may just be getting started as he faces potential federal and state probes

Salon

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White House preparing for DeSantis migrant flights to Delaware as state agencies ready response

Aid groups are ‘prepared to welcome these families in an orderly manner as they pursue their asylum claims,’ according to press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre

The Independent UK

‘Preyed upon’: Texas sheriff opens probe into US migrant flights

County sheriff says 48 migrants were ‘lured under false pretenses’ to travel from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last week.

Al Jazeera

If Ron DeSantis Is So Bad, Why Is Living in Florida So Good?

A live Reason discussion about how libertarians should think about the country's most controversial governor.

Reason

Colbert on DeSantis’s asylum seeker flights: ‘Way worse than we imagined’

Late-night hosts discuss Florida’s governor tricking migrants on to a plane bound for Martha’s Vineyard and the Queen’s funeral

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Criminal investigation launched into DeSantis asylum seeker flights

Texas county sheriff says it seems evident that asylum seekers had been ‘lured’ to travel to Martha’s Vineyard ‘under false pretenses’

The Guardian - US

Biden scrambles to shore up Latino support. Is it too late?

WASHINGTON — A few months after taking office, President Joe Biden invited a group of top Latino leaders to the White House. As they sat around the table, the president was surprisingly earnest. He went as far as to acknowledge, two people familiar with the conversation recounted, that his five…

Los Angeles Times

Texas Sheriff Opens Criminal Investigation Into Migrants 'Lured Under False Pretenses' to Martha's Vineyard

Plus: Pentagon investigating U.S. propaganda on social media, 1,648 books banned last school year, and more...

Reason

Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott pull from segregationists' playbook with their anti-immigration stunts

As a historian of racism and white supremacy in the United States, I’ve become accustomed to callous actions like those of Republican governors who organized transportation for Latin American migrants to states run by their political opponents.

The Conversation

7 weeks from Election Day, migrants take center stage in political theater

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took something of a victory lap this weekend for his controversial flight sending migrants to the tony northeastern island of Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.

WEKU

Texas sheriff investigating flights to Martha's Vineyard

A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into two flights of migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants

The Florida governor’s use of vulnerable migrants as props is disgusting and criminal

The Guardian - US

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McClatchy Washington Bureau

‘Easy pickings’: In Texas town where Martha’s Vineyard ordeal began, few options for migrants

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The journey to Martha’s Vineyard began in Eagle Pass.

Los Angeles Times

Commentary: Ron DeSantis’ cruel political theater falls flat on Martha’s Vineyard

I woke early Thursday at my home in West Tisbury, one of six small towns on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, to find deer munching my shrubs, an early fall chill in the air and the disturbing news that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had flown about 50 migrants, mostly from…

Los Angeles Times

These migrants were flown to California from Texas. They don't know why or who paid for their flights

Eight Venezuelan migrants were flown last week from Texas to Sacramento with little cash — some without shoes — and the men have no idea why they were sent or who paid for the flights, an advocacy group said.

Axios

Migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard promised cash and job help

Lawyers for Civil Rights shared a brochure on Monday that they say migrants were given "at some point during their expulsion and relocation from Texas and Florida."

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Axios

Texas sheriff investigating migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard organized by Florida governor

The Bexar County sheriff's office said migrants were "lured" away from a resource center.

The Texas Tribune

Bexar County sheriff launches investigation into Florida flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered two flights to send migrants recruited in San Antonio to the tony Massachusetts vacation spot, a move that drew outrage after some migrants later said they were misled into getting on the planes.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Texas sheriff will investigate Florida flying Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis’ operation to fly roughly 50 Venezuela migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last week.

WEKU

DeSantis defends Martha's Vineyard migrant flights after Texas investigation opens

A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into flights ordered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that took the migrants to Massachusetts. DeSantis says outrage over the flights was misplaced.

Reason

Migrants Are People, Not Props

Plus: The editors have gripes with Biden’s recent interview on 60 Minutes.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Bused, flown migrants can live in US -- for now

Republican governors have been sending more migrants released at the U.S. border with Mexico to Democratic strongholds, raising questions about their legal status, how they are lured on board buses and planes, and the cost to taxpayers

The Independent UK

Prosecutor ousted by DeSantis to stay suspended during trial

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a state prosecutor suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis will remain out of office while his court case against the Republican governor moves to trial

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