. Newly arrived migrants said Puerta, an Army veteran, recruited them at the city's Migrant Resource Center to fly to Massachusetts. They said they were promised jobs, housing and support for their asylum applications.
"The Bexar County Sheriff's Office has officially filed a completed criminal case with the Bexar County District's Attorney's Office regarding the incident from September 2022 in which 49 migrants were flown to Martha's Vineyard," said the statement, issued by sheriff's deputy Johnny Garcia. "The case filed includes both felony and misdemeanor charges of unlawful restraint. At this time, the case is being review by the DA's office.
Numerous attempts to contact Huerta for comment on Monday and previously were unsuccessful. Her lawyers, in recent documents seeking to havedismissed, said the migrants complained about the flights later only because they don’t agree with DeSantis’ politics.