The U.S. Department of Justice is facing calls to investigate the shipping of migrants from Texas to Massachusetts and California.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, California Gov. Gavin Newsom and California Attorney General Rob Bonta wrote a letter to DOJ Attorney General Merrick B. Garland on Thursday, saying the migrants were lured in the “scheme” under false pretenses.49 migrants were flown to Martha’s Vineyard. They were convinced to board the plane by a woman known only as “Perla,” who offered them jobs, housing and education, Salazar previously said.
BCSO has since launched an investigation and filed a criminal case with the Bexar County District Attorney. Salazar also met with Newsom at the Major County Sheriffs of America Conference last month to discuss the investigations into the migrant flights. “This political theater has placed people in danger, and my hope is that the DOJ gets involved to send a clear message—causing human suffering is not a game,” Salazar said in an emailed statement on Friday.
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