A Democratic sheriff in Texas has opened an investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis’ effort to relocate illegal immigrants to a wealthy Massachusetts town that had proclaimed itself a sanctuary city.
In a tweet on Monday, the Bexar County Sheriff’s Office announced that it had “opened an investigation into the migrants that were lured from the Migrant Resource Center, located in Bexar County, TX, and flown to Florida, where they were ultimately left to fend for themselves in Martha’s Vineyard, MA.”
Bexar County includes San Antonio.
In a second tweet, the Sheriff’s Office added, “Additionally, we are working with private attorneys who are representing the victims, as well as advocacy organizations regarding this incident. We are also preparing to work with any federal agencies that have concurrent jurisdiction, should the need arise.”
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In a social media post, Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, said his agency was looking into claims one “migrant” was paid a “bird dog” fee to “lure” 48 migrants “under false pretenses” to get on a flight to Florida and then to Martha’s Vineyard.
Salazar claimed that the illegals were “promised work, they were promised solutions to several of their problems,” but then ended up in Martha’s Vineyard, where they were pawns of a “photo op” and then “unceremoniously stranded.”
In response to the sheriff’s announcement, Stephen Miller, a former adviser to President Donald Trump, questioned the narrative.
“‘Left to fend for themselves’ after flying private to the lush resort paradise of billionaires & presidents?” Miller tweeted. “[President Joe] Biden & [Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro] Mayorkas have blighted our land with a pestilence of death, drugs & sexual slavery—but your top worry is that Dem donors on Martha’s Vineyard were inconvenienced?”
DeSantis has denied that the migrants were promised anything. He said recently they were given packets that clearly indicated they were Massachusetts-bound.
The Republican governor also noted that within 48 hours of their arrival, the sanctuary city enthusiasts in Martha’s Vineyard had put the illegals on buses to a military base on Cape Cod.
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