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ROBERT J. GALIBOIS 3231 MAIN STREET
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Jy 31,2023

The Honorable Merck. Gariand

Attorney General
US. DepartmentofJustice
950 Pennsyhania Avenue, WW
Washington, DC 20530-0001
Vi Email
RE: Request for Investigation into Recent InstancesofTransporting Asylum Seekers Across State Lines by
Means ofFraud, Deceit, andor neiglement
DearAtorney General Garland,
| Js District Attorney for the Cape and sands District i the CommonwealthofMassachusets, having
| assumed office in January2023, my Jurisdiction includes th Ilan ofMartha'sVineyard.
| In September 2022, a reported 49 immigrants were transported otis sland from Teas. There are
| serious indications and allegations that they were invegled into makin this journey.
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| Jam conscious ofmyobligation a Disrct Attorney to investigate any potential criminal activity that
| occurswithin my jurisdiction, regardless of whether it took place before | assumed office.
Publicly reported information indicates that said enterprise was hatched in Florida, launched in Texas,
briefly appeared in South Carolina and North Carolina, and concluded in Massachusetts on the island of
Martha'sVinyard. Related communications in electronic and documentary formar suggestedto exist
ineach ofthe foregoing sates.
My office posits that, due to the ntrsate transportation of thse migrants, this alleged scheme remains
| avaiable fo federal prosecution
| Therefore, 1 tand behind and supporta request made to you on July 6, 2023, from the Governor of
| Cottarat, the Attorney General of Clfornis, and the Shei from bear County Teas (where this and a
| ibsequent comparable Journey to Calforni originated), 0 open federal criminal and cv investigations
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