Migrants Flown to Martha's Vineyard Can Sue Aviation Company, Judge Rules

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A Massachusetts federal judge ruled that migrants who were flown to Martha's Vineyard can sue the aviation company that transported them. The migrants, who were promised work and housing, can proceed with a lawsuit against Florida-based Vertol Systems Co.

Migrants who were flown to Martha's Vineyard nearly two years ago on charter flights coordinated by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis can sue the aviation company that transported them, a Massachusetts federal judge ruled on Monday. Fifty Venezuelans were flown in 2022 to Martha’s Vineyard — famously known as a playground of rich progressives — from San Antonio, Texas, and had been promised work and housing.

Under the terms of the ruling, the migrants can proceed with a lawsuit against Florida-based Vertol Systems Co., which coordinated the flights for $1.5 million. Fox News Digital has reached out to the company. PREVIOUSLY DEPORTED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHARGED WITH MURDER OF 25-YEAR OLD MICHIGAN WOMAN 'These facts, taken together, support an inference that Vertol and the other Defendants specifically targeted Plaintiffs because they were Latinx immigrants,' the 77-page ruling from U.S. District Judge Allison D. Burroughs state

 

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