Ron DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants | Jeff Weaver

The Florida governor's use of vulnerable migrants as props is disgusting and criminal

In recent months, Republican governors in Texas, Arizona and Florida have been transporting immigrants northward to cities such as New York, Washington and Chicago. This included bussing about a hundred people to the vice-president's residence and dumping them on the street.

The Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, took this despicable practice of using vulnerable men, women and children as political props to a new low this week when he paid for two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants to be sent to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts. As has been reported, the Venezuelans that DeSantis paid to transport were actually recruited by a co-conspirator in San Antonio, Texas, not in Florida. As reported, this co-conspirator, Perla", promised the migrants transportation to Boston and expedited work permits. All of it was a lie.

Jeff Weaver is a political strategist who served as campaign manager for the Bernie Sanders 2016 presidential campaign and as an adviser for the Bernie Sanders 2020 presidential campaign

This article is reprinted from Jacobin magazine