BOSTON — The Massachusetts district legal professional who represents the rich enclave the place Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew 49 migrants final September is now calling on the federal Justice Division to analyze the transport.
Cape and Islands District Lawyer Robert Galibois despatched a letter to Lawyer Basic Merrick Garland on Monday asking DOJ to analyze allegations that the migrants have been misled into getting on the planes that took them from Texas to Martha’s Winery.
“My office posits that, due to the interstate transportation of these migrants, this alleged scheme remains available for federal prosecution,” Galibois wrote.
He’s additionally asking the Justice Division to assist translate interviews that have been carried out with the migrants in Spanish after they arrived on the island to assist additional his personal investigation.
California Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has additionally referred to as on the DOJ to probe Florida over the flights.
A spokesperson for the DeSantis administration didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark.
Galibois is a Democrat who flipped the Republican-held Cape and Islands district legal professional seat two months after the migrants arrived on flights orchestrated by the Republican Florida governor’s administration. He took workplace in January.
Galibois stated final week that he intends to analyze the migrant flights and desires the Justice Division to do the identical, making the announcement a day earlier than DeSantis was due on Cape Cod for a fundraiser for his presidential marketing campaign.
Whereas DeSantis has touted the migrant flights to Massachusetts on the marketing campaign path, he didn’t point out the transport throughout the fundraiser that was only a ferry trip away from Martha’s Winery, per an attendee.
Christine Mui contributed to this report.
