Attorneys for some of the immigrants brought to Martha’s Vineyard from Texas by Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis have called for a criminal investigation. Lawyers said the migrants were “induced to board planes and cross state lines under false pretenses,” according to the Guardian. The Boston-based group Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is representing 30 of the 48 immigrants taken to the Massachusetts island on Wednesday. “Individuals working with state officials, including the governor of Florida, made many false promises [to the migrants] – including job opportunities, schooling for their children and immigration assistance – in order to motivate them to travel,” they said. “We strongly believe that criminal laws were violated by the perpetrators of this stunt,” the group said in a letter to U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. “This cowardly political stunt has put our customers at risk. Upon arrival, several people had to be rushed to hospital, requiring medical attention. Some now have immigration hearings as early as Monday thousands of miles away,” they said in a statement.
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Florida’s Democratic gubernatorial candidate says immigrant stunts are ‘a race for lack of decency’
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RNC chairman called ‘ridiculous person’ and ‘liar’ after claiming Biden ‘had nothing to say about 53 immigrants who died in Texas’
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Florida governor claims it’s ‘categorically false’ that immigrants were misled
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Photos: Migrants cross the Rio Grande to seek asylum
Asylum seekers, mostly from Venezuela, walk near the border wall after crossing the Rio Bravo River to surrender to US Border Patrol agents to seek asylum in El Paso, Texas, USA (REUTERS) Immigrants gather to receive donated clothing near a bus station after being released from US Border Patrol custody in El Paso, Texas, USA, 17 September 2022 (REUTERS) Reymara, 7, a Venezuelan immigrant girl traveling with her family, plays with other children after being released from US Border Patrol custody in El Paso, Texas, USA, 17 September 2022 (REUTERS) Asylum seekers, mostly from Venezuela, are seen after crossing the Rio Bravo River to surrender to US Border Patrol agents to claim asylum in El Paso, Texas, US (REUTERS) Gustaf Kilander September 18, 2022 11:00 p.m 1663533051
VIDEO: Texas governor sends more migrant buses
Texas governor sends more busloads of immigrants Gustaf Kilander September 18, 2022 9:30 p.m 1663529451
VIDEO: More immigrants arrive in DC as White House slams Republican governors
More immigrants arrive in DC as White House criticizes Republican governors Gustaf Kilander 18 September 2022 20:30 1663526751
Immigrant song puts Florida legislative positions in play at state and local levels
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Advocates for Martha’s Vineyard immigrants are calling for a criminal investigation
Attorneys for some of the immigrants brought to Martha’s Vineyard from Texas by Florida Gov. Ron DeSandis have called for a criminal investigation. Lawyers said the migrants were “induced to board planes and cross state lines under false pretenses,” according to the Guardian. The Boston-based group Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR) is representing 30 of the 48 immigrants taken to the Massachusetts island on Wednesday. “Individuals working with state officials, including the governor of Florida, made many false promises [to the migrants] – including job opportunities, schooling for their children and immigration assistance – in order to motivate them to travel,” they said. “We strongly believe that criminal laws were violated by the perpetrators of this stunt,” the group said in a letter to U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins and Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey. “This cowardly political stunt has put our customers at risk. Upon arrival, several people had to be rushed to hospital, requiring medical attention. Some now have immigration hearings as early as Monday thousands of miles away,” they said in a statement. Gustaf Kilander 18 September 2022 19:00 1663521332
Trump claims he coined the word “caravans” to describe groups of immigrants he calls “murderers and rapists.”
Donald Trump has claimed he coined the word “caravans” to describe groups of immigrants he called “murderers and rapists” in a speech in Ohio. The former president appeared to recount an earlier conversation, saying “you are not going to take these horrible convicts and other people that you have illegally released into our country and put them in trailers.” “I came up with that term, by the way,” Mr Trump claimed. “That was my term and fake news and many other terms we came up with.” “Crooked Hillary, we came to many terms,” he added. “The way Trump casually refers to immigrants as murderers and rapists is not new but remains remarkable,” tweeted journalist Aaron Rupar. “They don’t want to have these people,” Trump said, referring to the immigrants. “Many of them are murderers, rapists.”
Trump claims he coined the word “caravans” to describe groups of immigrants
“The way Trump casually refers to immigrants as murderers and rapists is not new but it remains remarkable” Gustaf Kilander 18 September 2022 18:15 1663518634
Democratic senator slams Abbott, DeSandis: ‘It’s always the kids who end up being the victims’
Gustaf Kilander 18 September 2022 17:30
