POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Baker navigates national immigration debate
View in browser BY LISA KASHINSKY WHAT THEY’RE SAYING — A civil rights firm representing migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard has filed a federal class action lawsuit accusing Florida GOP Gov. Ron DeSantis of orchestrating an “illegal scheme” to lure the mostly Venezuelan asylum-seekers to Massachusetts through “false promises and misrepresentations.” The Lawyers for Civil Rights suit, brought on behalf of the migrants and Alianza Americas, a network of advocacy organizations for Latino immigrant communities, represents the first legal action against the Florida governor since the migrants landed in Massachusetts last Wednesday. It follows a Texas sheriff announcing on Monday that his office would be investigating what he called an “abuse of human rights.” GOP Gov. Charlie Baker said on Tuesday that he’s “very glad” that Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar — a Democrat whose district includes San Antonio, where the migrants now in Massac...