Attorneys for ‘duped’ migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard call for criminal investigation

Republican governors made false promises to migrants in order to induce them to travel', lawyers say

Attorneys representing Venezuelan asylum-seekers flown thousands of miles to an affluent holiday island in Massachusetts at the behest of Republican governors have formally requested authorities open a criminal investigation, claiming the victims were induced to board airplanes and cross state lines under false pretences".

Lawyers for Civil Rights (LCR), a Boston-based group representing 30 of the 48 people flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard on Wednesday, said: Individuals, working in concert with state officials, including the Florida governor, made numerous false promises [to the migrants] - including of work opportunities, schooling for their children, and immigration assistance - in order to induce them to travel."