California governor Newsom suggests possible kidnapping charges against DeMentis for collecting asylum seekers on Texas and flying them to California. It seems they did not want or expect to end up in California. Apparently they were tricked somehow.

A Texas sheriff has filed charges based on the flights that DeMentis organized that took a previous group of refugees to Martha's Vineyard. The article does not make it clear whether these charges are against DeMentis, or someone who played a secondary role in setting up those flights.