44 House Democrats Push Biden DOJ to Investigate DeSantis Over 'Cruel Migrant Flights'

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Source: Common Dreams

44 House Democrats Push Biden DOJ to Investigate DeSantis Over 'Cruel Migrant Flights'

"The actions of the officials in Texas and Florida were not only fundamentally cruel and uniquely un-American; there remains a likelihood that federal laws were violated."

JAKE JOHNSON
September 23, 2022

More than 40 House Democrats on Friday urged the Biden Justice Department to open an investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' inhumane scheme that transported dozens of migrants to Martha's Vineyard, alleging the Republican leader and other officials involved may have violated federal law.

"Harrowing interviews and reports reveal officials in Florida intentionally misled the migrants to believe they would be flown to Boston to receive expedited work papers," the 44 Democratic lawmakers wrote in a letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland.

"Instead, the deceived migrants were packed onto buses, put onto two privately chartered flights, and prohibited from taking photos of the journey that made two unannounced stops before landing in Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts," the letter continues. "It is alleged that immigration officials knowingly falsified mailing addresses for the migrants by selecting arbitrary homeless shelters across the United States, with the expectation that migrants would be required to attend court proceedings as early as next week in states thousands of miles away or face forced removal."

Spearheaded by Reps. Gerry Connolly (Va.), Sylvia Garcia (Texas), Ted Lieu (Calif.), and Mondaire Jones (N.Y.), the letter calls on the Justice Department to "investigate whether any federal funds were used to operate a fraudulent scheme and request the Department of Justice make a determination as to whether officials in Texas and Florida violated federal law."

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Read more: https://www.commondreams.org/news/2022/09/23/44-house-democrats-push-biden-doj-investigate-desantis-over-cruel-migrant-flights

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[DURHAM D]

1. Stupid Stupid Stupid headline

The DOJ does not belong to the President.

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2. It Did With The Last "president"

Regardless, by the time Mr. Garland completed an investigation, it will be too close to the '24 election, when DeSatan will be running for President.

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3. But it will outrage more people and get more clicks. Money, money, money, money.

How much money gets spent on campaign ads? There's how much incentive there is to make every issue a divisive, partisan battle.