“I strongly urge the US Department of Justice (US DOJ) to initiate an investigation into possible criminal or civil violations of federal law based on this alleged fraudulent scheme,” Governor Newsom wrote in a Sept. 15 letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland . On Wednesday afternoon, 50 immigrants arrived at an airport in Martha’s Vineyard after being flown there as part of a plan Florida’s Republican governor later confirmed was part of the state’s relocation program to “transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,” the director said. governor’s communicator, Taryn. Fenske, told Fox News Digital. Images of the people, allegedly lured onto planes from Texas shelters with false promises of jobs and housing, dominated the news cycle as critics, immigration activists and later the White House, called it a “dangerous stunt.” The Democratic governor, who many have speculated could run for president in 2024, quickly turned his emotional response to the new story into a political one, pointing out his concerns to the Justice Department that the Republican governor’s actions may not be merely “moral detractors “but “illegal”. “Several of the individuals transferred to Martha’s Vineyard alleged that a recruiter induced them to accept the travel offer based on false representations that they would be transferred to Boston and receive expedited access to work authorization,” Newsom wrote. Among the key concerns outlined in the letter, the Democrat asked the Justice Department to “investigate whether the alleged fraudulent solicitation would support kidnapping charges under relevant state statutes.” In addition to the kidnapping investigation, the governor also asked the department to investigate whether the “alleged targeting” of immigrants based on their national origin “constituted a civil rights conspiracy.” “While I believe that the DOJ’s investigation should include these potential avenues, there may be others that the DOJ can and should pursue,” the California governor signs in the letter, which was shared on his public Twitter account with the caption: “What @GovRonDeSantis and @GregAbbott_TX are doing is not smart, it’s cruel.” In addition to the denied migrant flights to Massachusetts – without warning from the Florida governor – this week, Texas Governor Greg Abbott also sent two migrant buses carrying between 75 and 100 people to park outside the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington DC. . Those buses arrived Thursday morning after leaving Del Rio, Texas, according to Fox News Digital. Republican governors in Texas and Arizona have for months sent busloads of migrants arriving at their states’ southern borders to northern cities, a move that has angered federal officials in D.C. who have called the trips a dangerous political stunt that ultimately slows down federal processes. “It’s shameful, it’s reckless and it’s just wrong,” White House press secretary Karin Jean-Pierre told reporters Thursday, as news of Mr. DeSantis’ relocation plan continued to send shockwaves through the nation’s capital. The “deeply troubling” stunt gave an immigration meeting between cabinet chiefs and White House officials on Friday morning, scheduled before Wednesday’s migrant flights, an added bonus, Axios reported that senior officials planned to discuss possible “litigation options” that federal officials could use to respond to the crisis. Details of what those proposals would be were not available, but the meeting is expected to draw participants from the Departments of Homeland Security, Justice and Defense, the report said. While Mr. DeSantis gave no warning to elected officials in D.C. or Massachusetts about his intentions to fly dozens of immigrants to the small vacation island on Wednesday, he did give that warning to hundreds of GOP donors just days before the flights took off . At a private fund-raiser held last weekend, Mr. DeSantis bragged about his plot that would later dominate the news with images of confused migrants on Martha’s Vineyard and blasting local officials, who were not given the same information as those in attendance. at that meeting in Orlando. According to the Washington Post, which spoke to two of those in attendance on condition of anonymity, the Republican governor gave a stirring speech in Orlando over the weekend, where he outlined plans to transport immigrants to places like Martha’s Vineyard, Chicago and other cities in north. commonly known as sanctuary jurisdictions. “I have this money. I want to be useful. Maybe we’ll go to Texas and help. Maybe we ship to Chicago, Hollywood, Martha’s Vineyard. Who knows?” Mr. DeSantis reportedly said to thunderous applause in a speech delivered Friday night at the Four Seasons in Orlando, less than a week before the two planes landed on Martha’s Vineyard. The hotel lobby room was reportedly packed with some of the GOP’s top donors, who had all gathered to hear the right-wing politician deliver what attendees told The Post was a clear account of her issues. his platform. Presidential candidacy 2024. At one point, Mr. DeSantis highlighted the work of other Republican governors making similar bus relocation efforts in their states, specifically calling the Texas Governor’s buses to DC, Chicago and New York “excellent.” “I think it’s been very effective,” he said of the flood of liberal cities with immigrants.
