May 20, 2026
Migrants suing over an alleged scheme to lure them onto flights to Martha's Vineyard asked a Massachusetts federal judge Wednesday to order a private contractor to turn over documents they say will illuminate the broader contours of a plan for migrant relocation trips.
March 16, 2026
A Massachusetts federal court issued an order Monday shielding the names of three Venezuelan asylum seekers in a proposed class action alleging Florida officials lured them onto flights to Martha's Vineyard, finding good cause exists to protect them from public scrutiny.
February 18, 2026
Attorneys for three anonymous Venezuelan asylum seekers who claim they were among 49 migrants lured into boarding flights to Massachusetts have urged a federal judge to deny the flight operator's bid to unmask their identities, saying nothing has changed to warrant disclosure.
March 31, 2025
A group of asylum-seeking Venezuelan migrants who say they were lured into boarding flights to Massachusetts by associates of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis more than two years ago still cannot pursue most of their claims in the Bay State, a federal judge ruled on Monday.
October 21, 2024
Groups suing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other officials for allegedly tricking migrants into boarding a flight to Martha's Vineyard have told a Massachusetts federal judge that their case is not about politics, but about the fraud they say was perpetrated on 49 people for a photo op.
September 10, 2024
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis shouldn't have to fight "conspiracy theory" claims in Massachusetts over whether the Sunshine State tricked migrants into boarding flights to Martha's Vineyard, the governor said in a sweeping dismissal bid.
July 08, 2024
Several migrants who claim they were tricked into boarding flights to Martha's Vineyard have asked a Massachusetts federal judge to let them file an amended suit in an effort to cure the jurisdictional issues that doomed the initial complaint in March.
April 01, 2024
A Massachusetts federal judge has released Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and most other defendants from a proposed class suit by a group of migrants who claim they were duped into boarding flights to Martha's Vineyard, ruling that the court lacked jurisdiction.
May 18, 2023
The Martha's Vineyard Branch of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People compared efforts by Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida officials to those of segregationists of the 20th century, saying tricking migrants onto flights to the Massachusetts island resembled efforts to relocate Black citizens in the 1960s via "Reverse Freedom Rides," according to a proposed amicus brief the NAACP filed Wednesday in federal court.
May 11, 2023
Asylum-seekers who say Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stranded and humiliated them in Martha's Vineyard insist he must face a lawsuit in Massachusetts over the stunt, arguing his own actions empowered the Massachusetts federal court to summon him for trial.