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Lawyers representing dozens of illegal immigrants flown into Martha’s Vineyard last week demanded Saturday that federal and state prosecutors open a criminal case on Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, saying state officials misled the migrants into making the trip.
Lawyers for Civil Rights accused Florida of targeting the migrants “based on race and national origin” in an attempt to make a political statement.
But LCR, which counts about 30 of the migrants as clients, said the trip was not without consequences for the illegal immigrants, who may miss immigration check-ins and were left on an island where job prospects for adults and education opportunities for children are in slim supply.
“They preyed on the vulnerability of our clients — many of whom had suffered deep trauma in their home countries and on their journeys to the United States — and exploited this vulnerability to win trust through false promises,” LCR Executive Director Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal said in letters to Massachusetts’ attorney general and U.
