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Venezuelan Asylum Seekers Sue DeSantis After Being Sent to Martha’s Vineyard

HeadlineSep 21, 2022

A group of Venezuelan asylum seekers has filed a class-action lawsuit against Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis and other officials after they were tricked into being flown to Martha’s Vineyard, an island off of Massachusetts. The lawsuit accuses the officials of being engaged in a “premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme” to advance their own personal, financial and political interests.

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