Posted on 07/07/2023 8:50:49 AM PDT by Brilliant
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) is asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to look into a program funded by Florida that has transported migrants from Texas to the Golden State as well as to Martha’s Vineyard.
“It is unconscionable to use people as political props by persuading them to travel to another state based on false or deceptive representations. We urge USDOJ to investigate potential violations of federal law by those involved in this scheme,” reads a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland.
The letter, asking the DOJ to open criminal and civil investigations into the matter, is signed by Newsom and California attorney general Rob Bonta — as well as Texas’s Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar.
The letter contends it’s “not uncommon for local jurisdictions and nongovernmental organizations to facilitate onward travel from the border” in some instances, but that “this scheme is different: according to news reports, recruiters deceived migrants into taking flights to these particular locations based on promises of jobs and shelter.”
Last September, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) — who is now running for president in 2024 — sent dozens of migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard as part of a migrant relocation effort, as several GOP governors moved to bus or fly thousands of migrants north to Democrat-led cities in protest of Biden administration immigration policies.
The Bexar County sheriff’s office last month said it had filed a criminal case with the county’s district attorney over the 2022 incident in which 49 migrants were flown from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., the office said. Despite Florida’s claims that the migrants participated voluntarily, Salazar’s investigation found migrants were “induced to accept free travel based on false representations,” according to the new letter...
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Ya know, gavy poo needs a tour of deep west Texas or perhaps the woods in east Texas
They’ll probably do it.
From a systems optimization perspective I would say no. They already have a maximally ineffetive illegal border crossing operation in place. Investigation and scrutiny might raise the level of disaffection and public awareness thereby requiring some action to move them off of their do nothing position.
Gavin, don’t you have a few odds and ends waiting to be dealt with in your own backyard? The California Tourism Bureau is not impressed with your Mister Fix-It act.
What is there to probe? It is, after all, clearly happening.
Why doesn’t DeSantis send them back where they came from? He is only helping out the left by shipping them around within the country.
Newsomes been everywhere but California.
IMO, it’s not really about “taking the bait” it’s about taking the initiative the DOJ probably has already started an investigation into Florida and will use Newsom’s request as cover for starting the investigation, if the DOJ will investigate parents who protested at school board meetings they would be eager to investigate a state run by a fairly popular Republican governor
It’s not nearly enough; Red states need to call out the National Guard and confiscate every government van and bus in the state. Use those plus every National Guard vehicle available to ship as many illegal aliens as possible.
Roadbloack all incoming roads so they can’t ship them back.
Well get right on it right after we investigate more parents as terrorists and find some more phony Trump charges!
Hi.
‘according to news reports, recruiters deceived migrants into taking flights to these particular locations based on promises of jobs and shelter.”
Those “deceived” illegal aliens received brouchers by the promises of each sanctuary city that they were sent to.
Game, set, match.
5.56mm
I remember when Republican governor of Arizona Jan Brewer tried to do just that and the Supremes said only the federal government could do so.
Moving illegals into the US? No problem.
Moving them into a powerful person’s back yard? Prosecute!
Human Rights Watch on Friday urged Tunisia to put an end to what it called the “collective expulsions” of black African migrants to a desert area near the Libyan border.
another democrat witch hunt h response to Newsome is you went Sanctuary now suck it up
Awwwwww whatsamatter Gavin? You didn’t want the blue states to have to bankroll your open borders? Lick me, snowflake.
Governor Tiresome needs a probe up his butt
Sounds like Newsom is a racist xenophobe who hates illegal aliens.
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