A Texas sheriff has opened up a criminal investigation into the flights that flew migrants from Texas to the New England island of Martha’s Vineyard last week. The flights were ordered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the criminal investigation is focusing on the legality of the move, given the migrants first arrived in Texas, not Florida.

A Texas sheriff has opened up a criminal investigation into the flights that flew migrants from Texas to the New England island of Martha’s Vineyard last week. The flights were ordered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and the criminal investigation is focusing on the legality of the move, given the migrants first arrived in Texas, not Florida. Sheriff Javier Salazar of Bexar County, Texas, postures that the ordeal took advantage of migrants looking for a better life and used them as political pawns.&nbsp;

Today Explained: Sheriff Probes DeSantis' Role in Flying Migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Welcome back. It's time for today explained where we break down some of the biggest stories in the news, how we got here, where we go next. A sheriff in Texas has launched a criminal investigation into Florida. Governor Ron de Santis. After the governor sent nearly 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's vineyard Massachusetts. This happened last week. Sheriff Javier Salazar of Bexar County did not name possible suspects, but said he believed there was criminal activity involved here. Somebody came from out of state preyed upon these people um lured them with promises of of a better life, which is what they were absolutely looking for with the knowledge that they were going to cling to whatever hope they could they could be offered for a better life. Um, to just be uh exploited and Hoodwinked into making this trip to florida and then onward to Martha's vineyard. For what I believed to be nothing more than political posturing. Especially when you think of those migrants that were just clinging to the idea of hope de Santis has defended his decision to fly the mostly Venezuelan migrants to the wealthy island saying state lawmakers allotted him $12 million us border in Texas, not in florida. And the Santis isn't the only governor moving migrants across state lines either. Since april texas. Governor Greg Abbott has been chartering busses to send migrants from the southern border to Washington. Even even dropping off two busloads near the residents of Vice President Kamala Harris. It's all part of Republican led effort to call attention to the search in migrant crossings at the border, which has increased over the past two years. So far this fiscal year. U. S. Border officials have had more than two million encounters with migrants at the Mexico border that sets a new record. It's a trend driven partly by a surge in migration from more distant countries like cuba, Colombia Haiti and Peru, as well as closer countries like Guatemala, Honduras, el Salvador and Mexico, and the migrant surge likely won't slow down anytime soon, migration from far away countries is expected to remain high in the coming months as political turmoil in those nations continue.