David M Taylor

BREAKING: Massachusetts district court judge rules that migrants who were trafficked to Martha's Vineyard by MAGA Governor Ron DeSantis CAN proceed with a case against the charter flight company involved. And it gets even better.... The judge dismissed just three counts leveled against the company in question, Vertol Systems Co., but said that the eight remaining counts may proceed. Judge Allison D. Burroughs wrote that the defendants were not "legitimately enforcing any immigration laws." "Instead, as alleged, they ‘exploit[ed] [Plaintiffs] in a scheme to boost the national profile of Defendant DeSantis and manipulate them for political ends,'" the judge went on. "Moreover, Plaintiffs’ images were captured and sent to national news media," she added. "Unlike ICE agents legitimately enforcing the country’s immigration laws, … the Court sees no legitimate purpose for rounding up highly vulnerable individuals on false pretenses and publicly injecting them into a divisive national debate." "Treating vulnerable individuals like Plaintiffs in this way, as alleged and accepted as true for purposes of the motion to dismiss, … is nothing short of extreme, outrageous, uncivilized, intolerable, and stunning," she added. Crucially, the judge said that the migrants' lawyers sufficiently alleged that the migrants were specifically targeted because they were from South American countries and are "Latinx, and thus made for better props in Defendants’ photo op." While the judge was forced to dismiss DeSantis himself and other state actors as defendants because her court lacks jurisdiction over them, this is still a massive win. This ruling means that in the future, companies will think twice about helping Republican politicians with their cruel, anti-migrant PR stunts. Please retweet and ❤️ to thank the judge — and consider joining the growing exodus to Tribel, a new pro-democracy social network that is exploding in popularity because Twitter and Facebook are trying to stop its growth — which is only making Tribel grow even faster. Please follow us on Tribel to get all of our breaking news alerts sent straight to your phone or computer by clicking the following link: tribel.app.link/okwPIHYCIqb