Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar has launched a criminal investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flying 48 migrants from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard last week. Salazar says he is looking into what charges should be made and against whom.
to cities run by Democrats to relieve overwhelmed border communities. The moves are meant to call attention to the Biden administration’s immigration policies. Abbott has spent at least $12 million busing migrants to New York City, Chicago and Washington, D.C. Last week, he sentImmigrants’ rights groups and Democrats have likened these actions to human trafficking by treating migrants like “human cargo” to score political points.
At a Monday press conference, Salazar blasted the flights from his Texas county to Massachusetts, calling them “an abuse of human rights.” “What infuriates me most about this case is that here we have 48 people that are already on hard times, they are here legally in our country. At that point, they have every right to be where they are and I believe they were preyed upon,” Salazar said. “Somebody came from out of state, preyed upon these people, lured them with promises of a better life.”
Salazar also said he is working with private attorneys who are representing the migrants flown to Massachusetts, as well as advocacy organizations, regarding this incident. “I believe there is some criminal activity involved here, but at present, we are trying to keep an open mind and we are going to investigate to find out and to determine what laws were broken if that does turn out to be the case,” Salazar said.is almost here! From Thursday through Saturday, Sept.
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