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There is a blonde mystery woman in San Antonio, Texas, who may have misled some of the 50 Venezuelan migrants who arrived on Martha's Vineyard into thinking they were going somewhere else, getting jobs or even money.

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A group of people from Venezuela were flown to Martha's Vineyard.

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Eduardo told the Texas Tribune that a tall, blonde woman who said her name was Perla approached him at San Antonio's Migrant Resource Center, promising him a job and a place to live in Boston.

Eduardo was told he would be landing on Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Cape Cod, after he made several stops on the charter flights.

A man who came to Texas from Venezuela told the New York Times that Perla offered him and other migrants McDonald's gift cards and a free flight to a "sanctuary"

Luis, a man from Venezuela, said that Perla offered him and his family support for 90 days, as well as help with work permits and English lessons.

According to the San Antonio Report, Perla said she could help send him to a sanctuary state.

The League of United Latin American Citizens of Texas offered a $5,000 reward for information that could help identify the woman known as Perla, who is at the center of a renewed national debate on immigration.

The man who took credit for the charter flights denied that migrants were misled.

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Immigration rights groups, including the Boston-based Lawyers for Civil Rights, as well as state officials from Florida and Massachusetts, called on the Department of Justice to investigate the scheme.

Contra

Some legal experts think that the statute does not apply because the migrants had been released by the government. Martha's Vineyard-based attorney Rachel Self said she would pursue legal avenues, calling on local, state and federal authorities to collect evidence into the scheme, and referring to the migrants as "victims of kidnapping."

Crucial Quote

The people of Martha's Vineyard are not being used as political pawns because they are not human beings.

Tangent

Latino voters in Florida could switch to Crist in the governor's race if the controversial move is not stopped. President Joe Biden's home state of Delaware is one of the places that will be bused in migrants by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis if he is re-elected in 2020. A poll commissioned by the AARP shows a three-point lead for DeSantis over Crist.

Key Background

$12 million in state funding was earmarked for a program to take illegal immigrants out of Florida. He has not explicitly said whether he will run, but it is thought to be a potential strategy to make national headlines. It is part of a larger move to transfer the immigration battle away from the southern border to Democrat-run states as Republican governors, including Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, send thousands of migrants on buses to Chicago, New York City and Washington D. In October of last year, Ted Cruz filed a bill to establish ports of entry on Martha's Vineyard.

Marthas Vineyard Migrants

People are standing outside of a church.

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Marthas Vineyard Migrants

A mother and child were eating lunch outside of the house.

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Marthas Vineyard Migrants

The students at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School delivered lunch to the migrants.

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A man claims credit for the arrival of dozens of migrants from Venezuela.

According to experts, the tactic of sending migrants to Martha's Vineyard probably didn't violate the law.