Posted on 09/20/2022 5:11:54 PM PDT by lowbridge
The group of Venezuelan migrants flown from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., last week by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) filed a class-action suit against the governor and the state’s transportation secretary on Tuesday.
The suit provides a detailed account of how the migrants came to board the two planes allegedly under false pretenses, arguing the relocations violated their Fourth and 14th Amendment rights and the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
“These immigrants, who are pursuing the proper channels for lawful immigration status in the United States, experienced cruelty akin to what they fled in their home country,” the suit alleges.
“Defendants manipulated them, stripped them of their dignity, deprived them of their liberty, bodily autonomy, due process and equal protection under law, and impermissibly interfered with the Federal Government’s exclusive control over immigration in furtherance of an unlawful goal and a personal political agenda,” it continues.
The suit, filed in a federal trial court in Massachusetts, asks a judge to declare DeSantis’s relocations illegal under the Constitution as well as federal and state laws. It also asks the judge to prevent Florida from inducing immigrants to travel across state laws by fraud and misrepresentation.
The Hill has reached out to DeSantis’s office and the Florida Department of Transportation for comment. DeSantis has said the flights were “clearly voluntary.”
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Can’t our side ever do lawfare? I don’t like it but when they go low maybe we should too, if it is practical.
This sentence is beyond insane on so many levels. Not sure whether to laugh or shake my head.
I think the left has scared those poor immigrants and is making them sue DeSantis. They have captured them. And are now using them as political pawns. I bet DeSantis vetted them all.
The Vineyard was so gracious. Shipped to the military in 48hrs to an unprepared base.
You know someone in Martha’s Vineyard is behind this lawsuit. So much for their pretense that they welcome illegal immigrants.
Foreign Nationals. Consult with your Embassy. This is not the Stone Age. You are snwaking into our country to steal benefits from our working class.
Know your vineyard folks.
Obama lives there.
They don’t even know a lawsuit has happened. This is about the elites and scoundrel class abusing their rights and the rights of all American citizens.
So says Meritless Garbage.
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/tucker-saves-his-best-mocking-for-martha-and-her-vineyard/
Under 4 minutes.
Deport their asses, but do it nicely with a smile. You know, all that compassion bull crap for people that invade our country.
>>Can’t our side ever do lawfare?<<
I gotta give those leftists credit, they know how to fight. They stick together as well.
Republicans suck on both fronts.
‘Alianza America’ is an illegal immigration advocacy organization operating out of Chicago, San Francisco, and El Salvador......”Alianza Americas”, is a network of groups supporting immigrants, filed the class action suit with three unnamed migrants DeSantis relocated.
It’s a a network of Latino and Caribbean immigrants bringing illegals into this country and fighting for their rights. Social justice types.
This is just more proof that the left hates brown people.
It’s way past time for comprehensive Legal Reform, including having an equivalent of Medicare and Medicaid that people can use to hire any attorney at cut rate prices.
Yeah, the migrants did it. LOL
I agree.
I agree.
Don't know if a unanimous verdict is required in Federal civil cases.
If you’re on FR, there is zero chance you’d get on the jury for a trial like that.
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