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Texas Sheriff Recommends Criminal Charges over 2022 Migrant Flights to Martha’s Vineyard

HeadlineJun 07, 2023

In Texas, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office is recommending criminal charges over the migrant flights arranged by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that carried 49 asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last year.

The case is being reviewed by the District Attorney’s Office. This comes as California Governor Gavin Newsom is threatening possible kidnapping charges after Florida arranged for two planes carrying around three dozen migrants to be flown from the U.S.-Mexico border to Sacramento in recent days.

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