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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Gloria Oladipo

Criminal investigation launched into DeSantis asylum seeker flights

Venezuelan migrants stand outside St Andrew's Church in Edgartown, Massachusetts, on 14 September.
Venezuelan migrants stand outside St Andrew's Church in Edgartown, Massachusetts, last week. Photograph: Ray Ewing/Vineyard Gazette/Reuters

A criminal investigation has been launched in Texas into whether dozens of asylum seekers were illegally flown from the state to Martha’s Vineyard, as new evidence continues to emerge suggesting they were misled.

The Bexar county sheriff, Javier Salazar, said on Monday that his office was investigating the flights, chartered on behalf of the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, which brought dozens of migrants to the island in Massachusetts.

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