Career prosecutors have recommended against filing sex-trafficking charges against Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/matt-gaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Matt Gaetz</a> (R-FL).
The Washington Post <a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/09/23/gaetz-no-charges-sex-trafficking/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a> Friday, citing anonymous sources &#8220;familiar with the matter,&#8221; that prosecutors informed their superiors they would not be pursuing charges against Gaetz, in connection with a sex-trafficking investigation that has been ongoing since 2020. The prosecutors said that securing a conviction in the case would be unlikely, in part because two central witnesses in the case have questionable credibility. <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2022/09/23/politics/matt-gaetz-justice-department-probe/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">CNN</a> and <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/23/charges-unlikely-against-gaetz-in-federal-sex-trafficking-probe-00058617">Politico</a> confirmed the report, citing their own sources.
The first witness at issue was a young woman whom Gaetz allegedly paid for sex in violation of federal sex trafficking laws. According to The Washington Post, the woman was allegedly involved with Gaetz years ago, when she was 17 years old. Investigators were looking into whether he paid the girl for sex, a claim which Gaetz repeatedly denied. She was also present on a trip Gaetz allegedly took to the Bahamas in 2018, but she was already 18 years old or older by then, the Post reported.
The second witness is Joel Greenberg, a then-friend of Gaetz and a former tax collector in Seminole County, Florida. In 2020, Greenberg was investigated and charged with fabricating allegations and evidence to smear a political opponent, but prosecutors charged him with additional crimes, more than 30 in total. In exchange for his cooperation with investigators, he secured a plea bargain in which prosecutors dismissed 27 of the charges filed against him and recommended a reduced prison term.
Greenberg pleaded guilty to six criminal charges, including sex trafficking of a minor, aggravated identity theft, and wire fraud. During the investigation into Greenberg, prosecutors discovered evidence that potentially implicated Gaetz in sex trafficking; investigators sought to determine whether Greenberg paid women to have sex with Gaetz and whether the two shared sexual partners, including the 17-year-old girl.
Prosecutors said that Greenberg&#8217;s testimony would be spurious because he admitted to fabricating allegations against a political opponent; in a race for tax collector, Greenberg accused his opponent, a schoolteacher, of having an inappropriate sexual relationship with a student, a strikingly similar allegation to that of Gaetz. Prosecutors also said that the woman&#8217;s testimony would not pass muster under jury scrutiny. While senior officials at the Department of Justice have not made a final decision on whether to file charges against Gaetz, the Post&#8217;s sources said that it is rare for them not to follow the advice of prosecutors. That could change as well if new evidence emerges, the sources said.
A spokesman for the Justice Department declined to comment, as did Gaetz&#8217;s lawyer. But a spokesman for Gaetz&#8217;s office did respond to news reports. &#8220;Those who told lies about Rep. Matt Gaetz are going to prison, and Rep. Matt Gaetz is going back to Congress to continue fighting for America,&#8221; the spokesman told CNN.
Gaetz did not comment personally, but on his <a href="https://twitter.com/mattgaetz" target="_blank" rel="noopener">personal Twitter account</a>, he retweeted a tweet from journalist and podcaster Tim Pool calling the investigation &#8220;an extortion scheme against Matt Gaetz&#8217;s family.&#8221;
Gaetz announced in an interview with Axios that he was under federal investigation in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-rep-matt-gaetz-says-doj-investigating-him-for-sexual-misconduct" target="_blank" rel="noopener">March 2021</a>, as The Daily Wire reported at the time. “The allegations against me are as searing as they are false,” Gaetz said. “I believe that there are people at the Department of Justice who are trying to criminalize my sexual conduct, you know when I was a single guy.”

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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) announced new executive actions and legislative proposals on Thursday aimed at combatting the influence of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/communist-china" target="_blank" rel="noopener">China</a> and other hostile foreign nations in the state.
The new actions from DeSantis are aimed at addressing threats posed by China, Cuba, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Syria, and Venezuela in cyberspace, real estate, and academia.
The actions seek to block the nations from being able to engage in espionage or influence operations within the state and preventing purchases of agricultural land and lands surrounding military bases by those governments or their agents.
“From server farms to farmland, the Communist Party of China has been worming its way into our nation’s data storage systems and buying up tracts of land near sensitive national security sites,” DeSantis <a href="https://www.flgov.com/2022/09/22/governor-ron-desantis-counteracts-malign-influence-by-china-and-other-hostile-nations-in-florida-through-new-action/">said</a> in a statement. “By prohibiting the purchase of lands, state contracts with Chinese technology firms, and the infiltration of CCP-affiliated groups such as Confucius Institutes, Florida is leading the way to protect our nation from international foes.”
DeSantis signed an executive order that, effective immediately, prohibits government entities from procuring technology products and services from companies owned by, controlled by, or domiciled in foreign countries of concern. The governor also proposed legislative action that would ban government organizations from contracting with companies owned by, controlled by, or domiciled in hostile foreign countries if the contract would provide access to personal information of the state&#8217;s residents.
DeSantis announced new legislative proposals to ban those countries being able to purchase land near military bases, which comes after China has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/pompeo-warns-communist-chinese-entities-buying-farmland-near-u-s-military-bases">purchased</a> land near U.S. Military bases and has <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/china-infiltrates-critical-u-s-infrastructure-can-disrupt-nuclear-response-and-spy-on-u-s-military-report">infiltrated</a> critical U.S. infrastructure.
DeSantis also proposed new legislative action aimed at amending state law that would ban any donations or gifts to a higher education institution in Florida from any individual residing in or entity domiciled in a hostile country or from any governmental entity from those hostile nations.
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Today, I took action to protect Floridians from the bad intentions of adversaries abroad, such as the Chinese Communist Party.
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“The Chinese Communist Party cheats on trade, steals our intellectual property, and produces deadly drugs like fentanyl that are pouring into our southern border,” said Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nuñez. “Governor DeSantis’ announcements today are not only critical to protecting American interests and Florida farmlands but also to maintaining our national security. Florida will never kowtow to the oppressive regime of China.”
“With today’s Executive Order, Governor DeSantis takes decisive action to defend the State of Florida and all Floridians from the cyber threats posed by foreign countries of concern and associated groups,” said Department of Management Services Secretary Pedro Allende. “The Governor’s direction to develop cybersecurity and procurement rules and standards will make it harder for bad actors to gain a foothold on state infrastructure, will protect Floridians’ personal information and intellectual property, and will further secure key information systems and the critical infrastructure that our state and its citizens rely on each day.”
“Thanks to Governor DeSantis, Florida will not allow foreign adversaries and Communist dictatorships to have insights into some of the most sensitive data and cutting-edge research taking place in U.S. academia,” said Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz, Jr. “As a Cuban-American, I know how Communist countries attempt to infiltrate schools and universities to steal intellectual property and indoctrinate young people with their dangerous and radical ideology. By removing this influence and focusing on the importance of American ideals and citizenship through civics education, Florida is again leading the way for the nation to follow.”

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A conservative nonprofit known for trolling liberals took out a newspaper ad to mock residents of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/island-adventure-bill-maher-mocks-biden-left-over-marthas-vineyard-migrant-dump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Martha’s Vineyard</a> who sent 50 migrants packing after they were dropped off on the idyllic island on orders of Sunshine State <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Governor Ron DeSantis</a>.
The ad, run in the Providence Journal, a major Rhode Island daily newspaper, channels the wealthy residents of Martha’s Vineyard and claims to support illegal immigration. However, the ad goes on to explain that the illegal immigrants aren’t welcome on the Massachusetts island.
“Our beautiful island home of Martha’s Vineyard is very small and the mansions have very expensive artwork, Persian rugs, and unchlorinated saltwater swimming pools that are very difficult to clean,” the ad explains. “For these reasons, we cannot accept any undocumented Americans at this time and respectfully ask they be sent to a working class community they can enrich with their global diversity and romantic poverty.”
<div id="attachment_441070" style="width: 414px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img aria-describedby="caption-attachment-441070" loading="lazy" class="wp-image-441070 size-large" src="https://www.dailywire.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-22-at-4.09.06-PM-404x576.png" alt="Citizens For Sanity, a nonprofit, posted an ad in the Providence Journal mocking residents of Martha's Vineyard for booting 50 migrants." width="404" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-22-at-4.09.06-PM-404x576.png 404w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-22-at-4.09.06-PM-210x300.png 210w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-22-at-4.09.06-PM-768x1096.png 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2022/09/Screen-Shot-2022-09-22-at-4.09.06-PM.png 956w" sizes="(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px" />Citizens For Sanity, a nonprofit, posted an ad in the Providence Journal mocking residents of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard for booting 50 migrants. (Citizens for Sanity)</div>
The mockery was triggered by the island denizens’ swift rejection of migrants flown there on September 14 by Florida. After just one overnight stay on <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-calls-out-the-yard-sign-hypocrisy-of-marthas-vineyard">Martha’s Vineyard</a>, the migrants were bused out to the military’s Joint Base Cape Cod in Massachusetts as the state’s Governor Charlie Baker (R) declared an emergency and sent in the National Guard.
Although they quickly ushered the migrants out of their Tony town, Martha&#8217;s Vineyard residents lined up to pay them a teary farewell and one held up a sign saying their brief presence had &#8220;enriched us.&#8221;
DeSantis and fellow GOP Governors Greg Abbott, of Texas, and Doug Ducey, of Arizona, have sent thousands of illegal immigrants to blue states and so-called “sanctuary cities” including New York, Chicago, and Washington. The Republican governors reason that their states do not support President Joe Biden’s immigration policies, so cities and states that do should bear some of the burden of absorbing them.
More than two million migrants have swarmed across the Mexican border since Biden took office and rescinded many of the border security policies of his predecessor, former President Trump.
<a href="https://forsanity.org/">Citizens For Sanity</a> says that its <a href="https://forsanity.org/">mission</a> is “to return common sense to America, to highlight the importance of logic and reason, and to defeat “wokeism” and anti-critical thinking ideologies that have permeated every sector of our country and threaten the very freedoms that are foundational to the American Dream.”

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Citadel CEO Ken Griffin revealed on Tuesday that he moved from <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/illinois?_gl=1*20224c*_ga*OTAwNTI1NTYwLjE2MTM5NzIxMzI.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY2Mzg1MjcxNy4xMjY4LjEuMTY2Mzg1NDU4Mi42MC4wLjA." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Illinois</a> to <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/florida?_gl=1*20224c*_ga*OTAwNTI1NTYwLjE2MTM5NzIxMzI.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY2Mzg1MjcxNy4xMjY4LjEuMTY2Mzg1NDU4Mi42MC4wLjA." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> after a senior colleague was robbed at gunpoint during a coffee run in <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/chicago?_gl=1*hcs7ku*_ga*OTAwNTI1NTYwLjE2MTM5NzIxMzI.*_ga_CZKR9ZYKJP*MTY2Mzg1MjcxNy4xMjY4LjEuMTY2Mzg1NTQwMC42MC4wLjA." target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago</a>, while another was attacked without provocation by a “random lunatic.”
Griffin — whose $30 billion net worth places him among the 50 richest men on the planet, according to <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/billionaires/">data</a> from the Bloomberg Billionaires Index — began buying property and moving his personal fortune to <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/miami">Miami</a> after <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/wealthiest-man-in-illinois-moves-his-business-from-chicago-to-miami-amid-feud-with-democratic-leadership">voicing concerns</a> about the lackluster business environment in Chicago. He later announced that Citadel, which manages $57 billion in assets, would likewise relocate to Florida.
During an <a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2022-09-20/citadel-s-ken-griffin-brings-billions-to-make-miami-wall-street-south?leadSource=uverify%20wall">interview</a> with Bloomberg, Griffin said he finally decided to leave Chicago after two of his colleagues were assaulted in the Windy City. The former was robbed after a person put “a gun to his head” during a coffee run, and another was confronted by “some random lunatic just trying to punch him in the head” while he was waiting for a car.
Griffin donated more than $600 million to local nonprofits over the course of two decades.
Violent crime in the Windy City has indeed been on the rise in recent years. Under the leadership of Democrat Mayor Lori Lightfoot, the city <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lightfoots-chicago-records-797-homicides-in-2021-most-among-u-s-cities">recorded 797 homicides</a> in 2021 — the highest of any American metropolis.
Meanwhile, Griffin intends to turn Miami into “Wall Street South” — transforming the local economy as other finance professionals embrace the robust business climate fostered by the state government of Florida.
“We’re not sort of in — we’re all in,” Griffin asserted.
The executive, who plans to personally pitch the city of Miami to other large corporations, added that Citadel would invest as much as $1 billion in its new headquarters. “I&#8217;m going to work to create a building that&#8217;s iconic in Miami,” Griffin said. “If it takes longer to fill the building, so be it. It&#8217;s more important to me to create the right environment to draw human capital that drives Citadel.”
Citadel has already spent more than $600 million on an empty lot that will house the new headquarters, as well as a temporary office building, an apartment building, and more than 100,000 square feet of office leases from which employees will work until the new headquarters is completed, according to a <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kodBODk_PL8">report</a> from CNBC. In a personal capacity, Griffin has spent $175 million on five acres of property in southern Florida, on which he plans to tear down the existing house and build a new one. He has also spent $450 million on land for a new estate north of Palm Beach — a property larger than Mar-a-Lago, the home of former President Donald Trump.
The real estate spending spree occurred as Griffin sold his two penthouses in Chicago. Beyond his real estate portfolio, Griffin plans to support philanthropic efforts in the Sunshine State — particularly those related to education.
Griffin is an ardent supporter of Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis, who he would support over Trump in a potential 2024 contest. The financier said he “will definitively be involved in the presidential race” and would consider serving leading the Treasury Department in a DeSantis administration — a position he declined when approached by Trump officials.

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Illinois’ Former Wealthiest Man Reveals The Breaking Points That Prompted His Move To Florida

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The state of Florida issued a forceful response Wednesday to credit card companies that want to start tracking gun and ammunition sales, saying that if they proceed that the state will pass a law punishing those companies.
Visa, Mastercard, and American Express have reportedly decided to separately categorize firearm purchases at gun stores in a move that was praised by far-Left gun control advocates.
The credit card companies adopted the new Merchant Category Codes (MCCs) after they were set by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
Florida Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Jimmy Patronis issued a strong <a href="https://www.myfloridacfo.com/news/newsletter/archive/news-details/2022/09/21/cfo-jimmy-patronis-florida-will-act-against-credit-card-companies-who-target-the-2nd-amendment">statement</a> warning that if the companies proceed with their plans that they will face penalties from the state of Florida.
&#8220;The second amendment is foundational to our American way of life,&#8221; Patronis said. &#8220;The idea that law-abiding Americans would be put on some kind of corporate watchlist is disturbing. Our rights come from our Creator, not the government, and especially not big corporations. It is clear that the actions by these credit card companies are part of a larger effort to curtail God-given constitutional rights of Americans. It is also symptomatic of the virus known as ESG, which is part of a global effort to socially re-engineer the country that we love so much. There is no way we are going to allow that to happen in the free state of Florida.&#8221;
&#8220;If we come to the legislative session and companies like Visa, Mastercard and American Express are generating these reports to create a chilling effect against the purchase of firearms, then I’ll work with the Legislature to pass a law penalizing businesses who are targeting the right to bear arms,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;We’ve seen a groundbreaking ruling come out of the Fifth Circuit limiting corporations’ ability to curtail American’s constitutional rights, so we are on solid legal footing to pursue a bill protecting Floridians 2nd Amendment Rights. We can also take it a step further by barring these companies from doing any business with the State of Florida. We will send a message out to these large corporations that if you are interested in doing business with Florida, you need to make sure that you’re protecting Floridians right to arm and defend themselves.&#8221;
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A new poll finds that since January, Republicans in Florida have significantly changed their presidential preference, with Florida Governor Ron DeSantis now holding virtually the same lead over former President Donald Trump that Trump held over him then.
In January, Trump led DeSantis in the USA Today/Suffolk University poll of 2024 presidential prospective candidates 47%-40%, but the latest poll shows DeSantis with a 48%-40% lead.
“It is one data point suggesting a shift in preferences from GOP voters away from Trump and toward DeSantis from Republicans who know both potential combatants quite well,” David Paleologos, director of the Suffolk University Political Research Center, explained to <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2022/09/21/desantis-trump-florida-republicans-2024-suffolk-poll/10432550002/?gnt-cfr=1">USA Today</a>.
DeSantis has raised a massive $177.4 million, more than any other governor in history. Open Secrets <a href="https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2022/09/florida-gov-ron-desantis-breaks-gubernatorial-fundraising-record/">reported</a> that a review of state campaign finance records showed DeSantis&#8217; re-election campaign has raised more than $31.4 million since January 2021, while DeSantis&#8217; state-level PAC, Friends of Ron DeSantis, has raised $146 million.
DeSantis is not being stingy with his money as he is <a href="https://www.politico.com/newsletters/florida-playbook/2022/09/12/desantis-uses-his-millions-to-help-senate-gop-candidates-00056098">giving millions</a> to help down-ballot Republicans to further increase GOP majorities in the state legislature. Trump, on the other hand, is <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/09/republicans-trump-cash-senate-00055874">not shelling out large sums of money</a> to help Republican candidates — at least not yet — as Republican leaders are trying to get him to financially boost the campaigns of Republican candidates that are falling behind.
On Sunday, DeSantis received a standing ovation at a rally in Kansas when he alluded to his transportation of 50 illegal immigrants from Florida to the wealthy leftist enclave of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
DeSantis made his remarks at a rally in Olathe, Kansas, for Kansas state Attorney General Derek Schmidt, the GOP gubernatorial candidate. The arrival of the immigrants and the subsequent effort to get them transported posthaste from the wealthy island dominated the news last week.
“The one place in the country where we see virtually no law and order is at the southern border. And this is a crisis,” DeSantis said, before saying with a grin. “It’s now getting a little more attention.”
That prompted a <a href="https://news.lee.net/partners/cnn/raw-ks-desantis-gets-standing-ovation-in-kansas/video_a1161545-978f-5478-bd12-140087d9237f.html">standing ovation from the crowd</a> as DeSantis insisted, “This is a crisis. It is a crisis. And it’s a manufactured crisis because of Biden’s failed policies.”
In late August, with the combined effort of DeSantis and the 1776 Project PAC to buttress them, conservative candidates across the state of Florida flipped many school boards from blue to red in the state election.
DeSantis had crisscrossed the state stumping for conservative candidates in school board races while the 1776 Project PAC issued a list of their endorsed candidates. DeSantis endorsed 30 candidates and 25 of them won or advanced.
“We were able to win school board victories all across the state of Florida,” DeSantis said in the aftermath of the election. “Parents are sick of the nonsense when it comes to education.”
Ryan Saavedra contributed to this article.
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Thousands of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/new-york" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New Yorkers</a> left their democrat-run state for the warmer and more conservative <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/florida" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Florida</a> in August.
A monthly-record of 5,833 New Yorkers changed their drivers licenses to Florida last month, according to a New York Post <a href="https://nypost.com/2022/09/20/record-number-of-new-yorkers-swap-to-florida-licenses/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">analysis</a> of data from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles. That brought the year’s total to over 41,000 Empire State citizens leaving the blue bastion for the south.
“First it was the billionaires. Then it was the rich following behind them. Now you have the middle class,” said Alvin Valley, a fashion designer who moved to Palm Beach during the COVID pandemic.
“A lot of families just began to feel like New York was becoming unlivable,” Valley added, the Post reported. “Especially for younger couples with kids in their thirties and forties. They don’t want to get on the subway. It’s a safety issue, it’s a schools issue.”
The New York exodus began when people left the heavily-restricted state during the pandemic to live in the Republican-led Florida that had lifted COVID restrictions, but <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/serious-crimes-up-in-nyc-report-finds-as-new-mayor-dismisses-concerns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rising crime</a> rates in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-man-brandishes-axe-in-nyc-mcdonalds-smashes-property-frightens-customers" target="_blank" rel="noopener">New York</a> also seem to play a factor in people’s decision to leave.
John Macari, a retired NYPD Lieutenant, told the Post that COVID vaccine mandates coupled “with the rise in crime and zero competence from our elected officials and a lot of people just don’t see a future in New York City for themselves.”
In April, New York City Mayor Eric Adams attempted to <a href="https://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/179-22/mayor-adams-new-campaign-digital-billboards-five-florida-markets-denouncing-don-t#/0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lure</a> Floridians into moving to the city by purchasing digital billboards in the Sunshine State that displayed messages falsely referring to the newly-passed “Parental Rights in Education” law as the “Don’t Say Gay” bill.
“I am the mayor of New York City, but I have a message for Florida’s LGBTQ+ community — come to a city where you can say and be whoever you want,” Adams said at the time. “Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill is the latest shameful, extremist culture war targeting the LGBTQ+ community. Today, we say to the families living in fear of this state-sponsored discrimination that you will always have a home in New York City.”
Adams’ billboards apparently did not work as New Yorkers continue to leave for Governor Ron DeSantis&#8217; Florida at a record rate, while Florida’s population is still growing. The current trend suggests that last year’s record of 61,728 New Yorkers moving to Florida could be overtaken this year.

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Some of the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/illegal-immigration" target="_blank" rel="noopener">illegal immigrants</a> who were flown to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard last week by Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) have filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that they were the victims of a “fraudulent and discriminatory scheme” to relocate them.
The leftist Lawyers for Civil Rights claimed in the lawsuit in Boston that Florida officials &#8220;designed and executed a premeditated, fraudulent, and illegal scheme centered on exploiting this vulnerability for the sole purpose of advancing their own personal, financial and political interests.&#8221;
The lawyers claimed that the illegal immigrants were enticed using perks such as $10 McDonald’s gift certificates.
“No human being should be used as a political pawn in the nation’s highly polarized debate over immigration,” said Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of Lawyers for Civil Rights.
Democrats have sought to inflict political damage on DeSantis, who they fear may run for president in the near future, over the incident by suggesting without evidence that he engaged in <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-on-newsom-urging-doj-probe-over-migrants-his-hair-gel-is-interfering-with-his-brain-function" target="_blank" rel="noopener">kidnapping</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-wrecks-top-democrat-for-human-trafficker-remark-i-didnt-hear-a-peep-out-of-those-people" target="_blank" rel="noopener">human trafficking</a>.
DeSantis&#8217; office responded to the lawsuit in a fiery statement, and they also included photographs of the consent forms that the illegal immigrants signed before they flew to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard. They also included a <a href="https://www.kxan.com/news/texas/texas-is-giving-migrants-these-consent-forms-before-busing-to-nyc-washington-dc/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">link</a> to a local Texas news story that showed more of the consent forms that have been used.
&#8220;It is opportunistic that activists would use illegal immigrants for political theater,&#8221; DeSantis&#8217; office said. &#8220;If these activists spent even a fraction of this time and effort at the border, perhaps some accountability would be brought to the Biden Administration&#8217;s reckless border policies that entice illegal immigrants to make dangerous and often lethal journeys through Central America and put their lives in the hands of cartels and Coyotes.&#8221;
&#8220;The transportation of the immigrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard was done on a voluntary basis,&#8221; the statement continued. &#8220;The immigrants were homeless, hungry, and abandoned &#8211; and these activists didn&#8217;t care about them then. Florida&#8217;s program gave them a fresh start in a sanctuary state and these individuals opted to take advantage of chartered flights to Massachusetts. It was disappointing that Martha&#8217;s Vineyard called in the Massachusetts National Guard to bus them away from the island within 48 hours.&#8221;
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FL Gov. DeSantis’ office responds to the class action lawsuit that was filed in Massachusetts: “The immigrants were homeless, hungry, and abandoned – and these activists didn’t care about them then.”
Office also provided the consent form for flight to MA: <a href="https://t.co/r4ZpX3kHbz">pic.twitter.com/r4ZpX3kHbz</a>
&mdash; Julio Rosas (@Julio_Rosas11) <a href="https://twitter.com/Julio_Rosas11/status/1572353599501369344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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The Left: “DEATHSANTIS KIDNAPPED ILLEGALS THEN TRANSPORTED THEM WITHOUT THEIR CONSENT!!!”
DeSantis: <a href="https://t.co/baWO4l7SLP">pic.twitter.com/baWO4l7SLP</a>
&mdash; John Cardillo (@johncardillo) <a href="https://twitter.com/johncardillo/status/1572361315577987072?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 20, 2022</a></blockquote>
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DeSantis&#8217; office confirmed last week that the state of Florida was behind the flights, saying in a statement: &#8220;Florida can confirm the two planes with illegal immigrants that arrived in Martha’s Vineyard today were part of the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations.&#8221;
&#8220;States like Massachusetts, New York, and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country’ by incentivizing illegal immigration through their designation as ‘sanctuary states’ and support for the Biden Administration’s open border policies,&#8221; the statement concluded. “In this past legislative session the Florida Legislature appropriated $12 million to implement a program to facilitate the transport of illegal immigrants from this state consistent with federal law.”

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Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) unloaded on Rep. <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/hakeem-jeffries" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Hakeem Jeffries</a> (D-NY), chairman of the House Democrats, for claiming on Tuesday that he and Texas Governor Greg Abbott (R) were &#8220;behaving like human traffickers.&#8221;
Jeffries&#8217; remarks came after DeSantis ignited a national media firestorm last week when he sent 50 illegal immigrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, a rich liberal enclave off the coast of Massachusetts.
&#8220;The behavior of individuals like Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott is radical, reckless, regressive and reprehensible,&#8221; Jeffries claimed during a press conference. &#8220;They should start behaving like governors and stop behaving like human traffickers. They are putting politics over people in the most egregious way possible.&#8221;
DeSantis fired back during a press conference Tuesday afternoon, saying, &#8220;When Biden is flying these people all over the fruited plain in the middle of the night, I didn&#8217;t hear a peep out of those people.&#8221;
&#8220;I didn&#8217;t hear a peep,&#8221; DeSantis continued. &#8220;I haven&#8217;t heard a peep about all the people that have been told by Biden you can just come in, and they&#8217;re going, they&#8217;re being abused by the cartels, they’re drowning in the Rio Grande. You had 50 that died in some shed in Texas. I heard no outrage about any of that. I haven&#8217;t heard outrage about all the fentanyl that&#8217;s come across the border that&#8217;s killing Americans in record numbers. I don&#8217;t hear outrage about the criminal aliens that have gotten through and have then victimized people — not only in Florida, but all throughout the country. I didn&#8217;t hear any outrage about that. The only thing I hear them getting upset about is you have 50 that end up in Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, then they get really upset.&#8221;
&#8220;And I&#8217;m sorry, those migrants were being treated horribly by Biden,&#8221; DeSantis continued. &#8220;They were hungry, homeless, they had no opportunity at all. State of Florida, it was volunteer, offered transport to sanctuary jurisdictions, because it&#8217;s our view that one, the border should be secured. And we want to have Biden reinstitute policies like Remain in Mexico and making sure that people aren&#8217;t overwhelming. But short of that, if you believe in open borders, then it&#8217;s the sanctuary jurisdictions that should have to bear the brunt of the open borders — so that&#8217;s what we&#8217;re doing. But what happened was, they were they were provided an ability to be in the most posh sanctuary jurisdiction maybe in the world.&#8221;
&#8220;And obviously, it&#8217;s sad that Martha&#8217;s Vineyard people deported them the next day; they could have absorbed this, they chose not to,&#8221; DeSantis added. &#8220;But what it shows is, if 50 was a burden on one of the richest places in our country, what about all these other communities that have been overrun with hundreds or thousands?&#8221;
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Senior Florida officials said Monday that the 50 illegal immigrants that were flown to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard last week were effectively &#8220;wandering homeless along the border&#8221; before they were flown to the sanctuary city.
The news comes after Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) had two planes land in Martha&#8217;s Vineyard as part of &#8220;the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,&#8221; an official for the administration <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-ron-desantis-flies-planes-full-of-illegal-immigrants-to-marthas-vineyard-report-says">said</a> last week.
Speaking to reporters on background this week, senior Florida officials said that the illegal immigrants were &#8220;wandering homeless along the border&#8221; when they were offered a &#8220;better life&#8221; in a sanctuary city.
&#8220;So the groups in Texas that we&#8217;ve identified, the majority if not all of the individuals that originated in Texas and ended up on the flight to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard were indeed homeless, hungry, sleeping outside in parking lots,&#8221; the officials <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/migrants-desantis-sent-marthas-vineyard-homeless-hungry-flight-island-fl-officials?intcmp=tw_fnc">said</a>. &#8220;Many have been in a shelter at some point previously and had been kicked out, did not have a place to go, and essentially were wandering homeless along the border.&#8221;
&#8220;During the flights, individuals were given bags with snacks, with water and other provisions and information taken from the Massachusetts website that talks about benefits that are available in a sanctuary state,&#8221; the officials continued. &#8220;These were homeless people that were in a rough situation and undoubtedly had their circumstance improved. In fact, several have already communicated their thanks for the opportunity to go to the sanctuary state.&#8221;
<a href="https://ballotpedia.org/Javier_Salazar">Democrat</a> Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-democrat-sheriff-launches-investigation-into-migrants-being-sent-to-marthas-vineyard">announced</a> Monday that his office was opening an investigation into the flights, although he did not name any suspects and admitted that he could not name any laws that were broken.
Salazar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-sheriff-probing-migrants-sent-to-marthas-vineyard-im-not-able-to-point-to-any-broken-laws">claimed</a> that the migrants were “lured” into making the flight, even though a Florida publication reported that they obtained a brochure given to the illegal immigrants that showed that Massachusetts was where they were going.
“That does tend to bother me quite a bit,” Salazar said. “And so we are absolutely opening up an investigation into this.”
“I believe people need to be held accountable for it to the extent possible,” he said. “At this point, I’m not able to definitively say here’s the statute that they broke either federal, state or local. But what I can tell you is it’s wrong just from a human rights perspective, what was done to these folks is wrong.”
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Migrants Flown To Martha’s Vineyard Were ‘Homeless, Hungry, Sleeping Outside In Parking Lots’ In Texas: FL Officials

Migrants Flown To Martha's Vineyard Were 'Homeless, Hungry, Sleeping Outside In Parking Lots' In Texas: FL Officials

Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a> (R) responded Monday night to a Texas <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/democratic-party">Democrat</a> sheriff who announced during a press conference earlier in the day that his office was opening an investigation into the flights that took 50 illegal immigrants to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard last week.
DeSantis told Fox News host Sean Hannity that the vendor who was contracted with the state of Florida gave the illegal immigrants packets that had a map of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard and the numbers for different services on the island and that the flights were voluntary.
&#8220;Millions of people since Biden has been president illegally coming across the southern border. Did they freak out about that? No,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;You&#8217;ve had migrants die in the Rio Grande. You had 50 die in Texas in a trailer because they were being neglected. Was there a freak out about that? No, there wasn&#8217;t.&#8221;
&#8220;You&#8217;ve had criminal aliens get across that southern border, and victimize Americans, killing some, raping some, was there any type of outrage about that? No,&#8221; DeSantis continued. &#8220;And then of course, we know fentanyl deaths are at an all time high. Where&#8217;s that fentanyl coming from? It&#8217;s coming over the open southern border.&#8221;
Addressing the specifics of how the flights took place, DeSantis said that the illegal immigrants &#8220;all signed consent forms to go.&#8221;
&#8220;And then the vendor that is doing this for Florida, provided them with a packet that had a map of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard, it had the numbers for different services on Martha&#8217;s Vineyard and then it had numbers for the overall agencies in Massachusetts that handle things involving immigration and refugees,&#8221; DeSantis said. &#8220;So, it was clearly voluntary, and all the other nonsense you&#8217;re hearing is just not true.&#8221;
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-sheriff-probing-migrants-sent-to-marthas-vineyard-im-not-able-to-point-to-any-broken-laws">claimed</a> that the migrants were “lured” into making the flight, even though a Florida publication reported that they obtained a brochure given to the illegal immigrants that showed that Massachusetts is where they were going. He did not name any suspects and admitted that he could not name any laws that were broken.
“That does tend to bother me quite a bit,” Salazar said. “And so we are absolutely opening up an investigation into this.”
“I believe people need to be held accountable for it to the extent possible,” he said. “At this point, I’m not able to definitively say here’s the statute that they broke either federal, state or local. But what I can tell you is it’s wrong just from a human rights perspective, what was done to these folks is wrong.”
A spokesperson for DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-desantis-office-issues-blistering-response-to-democrat-sheriff-who-launched-probe-into-flights">responded</a> to Salazar’s remarks by saying in a statement: “Immigrants have been more than willing to leave Bexar County after being abandoned, homeless, and ‘left to fend for themselves.&#8217;”
“Florida gave them an opportunity to seek greener pastures in a sanctuary jurisdiction that offered greater resources for them, as we expected,” the spokesperson <a href="https://www.wesh.com/article/desantis-vineyard-investigation/41285755#">continued</a>. “Unless the MA national guard has abandoned these individuals, they have been provided accommodations, sustenance, clothing and more options to succeed following their unfair enticement into the United States, unlike the 53 immigrants who died in a truck found abandoned in Bexar County this June.”

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DeSantis Responds To Democrat Sheriff Who Opened Probe Into Martha’s Vineyard Flights

Florida Governor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/ron-desantis">Ron DeSantis</a>&#8216; (R) office fired back at a Democrat sheriff in Texas who announced Monday afternoon that his county was opening an investigation into the 50 illegal immigrants that were flown to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard last week.
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar announced the investigation during a press conference, saying that he was &#8220;bother[ed]&#8221; by the flights “and so we are absolutely opening up an investigation into this.”
However, Salazar <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/democrat-sheriff-probing-migrants-sent-to-marthas-vineyard-im-not-able-to-point-to-any-broken-laws">admitted</a> that he could not name any laws that were broken and he did not name any suspects.
A spokesperson for DeSantis responded to Salazar&#8217;s remarks by saying in a statement: &#8220;Immigrants have been more than willing to leave Bexar County after being abandoned, homeless, and &#8216;left to fend for themselves.'&#8221;
&#8220;Florida gave them an opportunity to seek greener pastures in a sanctuary jurisdiction that offered greater resources for them, as we expected,&#8221; the spokesperson <a href="https://www.wesh.com/article/desantis-vineyard-investigation/41285755#">continued</a>. &#8220;Unless the MA national guard has abandoned these individuals, they have been provided accommodations, sustenance, clothing and more options to succeed following their unfair enticement into the United States, unlike the 53 immigrants who died in a truck found abandoned in Bexar County this June.&#8221;
DeSantis <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/desantis-shreds-claims-that-illegal-immigrants-were-falsely-lured-into-going-to-marthas-vineyard">said</a> at a press conference that the people who were contracted gave the illegal immigrants a release form to sign and a packet that included a map of Martha&#8217;s Vineyard. &#8220;So it was obvious that that’s where they were going and they gave that to them,&#8221; DeSantis added.
Florida&#8217;s Voice reported Monday that they obtained one of the brochures that the illegal immigrants were given prior to heading to Martha&#8217;s Vineyard. The publication said that they confirmed the information with the governor&#8217;s office.
The brochure, which is written in both English and Spanish, is titled: &#8220;Massachusetts Refugee Benefits/Massachusetts Beneficios para Refugiados,&#8221; and includes pictures of Massachusetts.
Florida&#8217;s Voice said that the brochure contained information &#8220;directly from the Massachusetts government website.&#8221;
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BREAKING: Florida&#39;s Voice has confirmed with Ron DeSantis&#39; office the below brochure was given to migrants who were voluntarily flown to Martha&#39;s Vineyard 
The brochure contains information directly from the Massachusetts government website <a href="https://t.co/IPRO4UD4ad">pic.twitter.com/IPRO4UD4ad</a>
&mdash; Florida’s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href="https://twitter.com/FLVoiceNews/status/1571902660265279488?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">September 19, 2022</a></blockquote>
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