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A debate is raging in the United States about what some have called "a political stunt" by the Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. He flew a group of migrants - including small children with their mothers and one man in his late 60s - from Texas in the south of the US to the Massachusetts island of Martha鈥檚 Vineyard in the north-east of the country.

The case is part of a series of moves by southern border state Republican governors to transport migrants and asylum seekers to so-called liberal cities to supposedly embarrass the Biden administration in the run-up to the midterm elections.

Now a lawmaker representing Martha鈥檚 Vineyard in the Massachusetts state legislature has requested a federal human trafficking investigation into the actions of Governor DeSantis. Newsday asked Dylan Fernandes, a Democrat, why he was taking action.

鈥淣ot only is it a morally criminal thing to use women, children, families as political pawns; I think there are legal implications. They will tell you they were duped鈥� not a single one of them knew they were going to Martha鈥檚 Vineyard. There needs to be some accountability here.鈥�

鈥淕overnor Santos is a coward, what is tough is the resilience of the migrants.鈥�

(Pic: Venezuelan migrants arrive at Martha鈥檚 Vineyard; Credit: Reuters)

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