Ed Espinosa, president of Progress Texas, and Matt Mackowiak, chair of the Travis County Republican Party, discuss the Bexar County Sheriff's investigation into the migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard.
"Somebody came from out of state, preyed upon these people, lured them with promises of a better life, which is what they were absolutely looking for. And with the knowledge that they were going to cling to whatever hope they could, they could be offered for a better life. It is way too early for me to start naming any suspects. We do have the names of some suspects involved that we believe are persons of interest in this case at this point. But I won't be parting with those names.
The Venezuelan migrants were flown from San Antonio on Wednesday. An attorney for some migrants said, "they had no idea of where they were going or why." Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' office released a statement saying in part, "the migrants had been willing to leave Texas and are provided many options to succeed in Massachusetts."Ed Espinosa, president of Progress Texas, and Matt Mackowiak, chair of the Travis County Republican Party, join FOX 7 Austin's Mike Warren to discuss.Ed Espinoza, the federal government has been putting migrants on airplanes and busses, sometimes in the dead of night for a while now.
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