Lawyers for Martha's Vineyard migrants call for criminal probe - Business Insider

Attorneys for the dozens of migrants who were dumped on the Massachusetts island of Martha's Vineyard have called on state and federal prosecutors to open a criminal probe into the "shameful political stunt" orchestrated by Republican Florida Gov.

The Boston-based Lawyers for Civil Rights group — which says it is representing more than 30 of the migrants — sent letters to Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey and Massachusetts US Attorney Rachael Rollins over the weekend, saying that "criminal laws were broken by the perpetrators of this stunt.".

Espinoza-Madrigal and Sellstrom added in their letter to Rollins, "This type of conspiracy to deprive our clients of their liberty and civil rights and interfere with federal immigration proceedings must be thoroughly investigated for violations of criminal laws."

They also said the matter must be investigated for "violations of the Massachusetts Civil Rights Act and all other applicable criminal laws" in the letter to Healey