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Venezuelan Migrants Flown to Massachusetts by Ron DeSantis Are Cleared to Sue Charter Company

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (Credit: David Dee Delgado/Getty Images.)

The Venezuelan migrants who were flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, in Massachusetts, by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis almost two years ago, have been cleared to sue the charter company that took them there.

According to The Associated Press, the migrants can proceed with their suit against Florida-based Vertol Systems Co. Iván Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, said the ruling shows that private companies can be held accountable for helping states through actions that, he said, violate the rights of vulnerable immigrants.

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