Read: Markey, Mass. reps want Buttigieg to investigate DeSantis for breaking DOT rules

Several Massachusetts lawmakers are calling on U.S. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to investigate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s transport of about 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard earlier this month.

In a letter Wednesday, the lawmakers — including Sen. Ed Markey and Reps. Lori Trahan, Seth Moulton, William Keating, Stephen Lynch, and Jake Auchincloss — pointed specifically to the Department of Transportation’s Charter-Broker Rule, which prohibits air charter brokers from making certain misrepresentations.

By allegedly misleading the migrants about their ultimate destination, those who orchestrated the flights “may have violated the Charter-Broker Rule and be liable for a civil penalty,” the lawmakers wrote.

“The Department should use all tools within its authority — including enforcement of its consumer protection rules — to ensure that migrants
are not transported under false pretenses as part of a competition among wannabe Trump acolytes to claim the mantle of cruelest governor in the United States,” they added.

Read the full letter here:

Massachusetts lawmakers’ letter to Buttigieg

Abby Patkin

Staff Writer

Abby Patkin is a general assignment news reporter whose work touches on public transit, crime, health, and everything in between.

Want to leave a comment?

Create an Account Or sign in to your account

To comment, please create a screen name in your profile

To comment, please verify your email address

Conversation

This discussion has ended. Please join elsewhere on Boston.com