“On September 14, 2022, Florida governor Ron DeSantis sent approximately 50 primarily Venezuelan asylum-seekers by air from San Antonio, Texas, to the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.”
DeSantis asked the legislature for relocation money, saying the federal government made more than 70 flights of immigrants to Florida in 2021.8 He budgeted $8 million and got $12 million from the Florida legislature in 2022, paid from interest on the $5.8 billion that Florida received from the American Rescue Plan.9 The fund was earmarked, to “facilitate the transport of unauthorized aliens from this state [Florida] consistent with federal law".9 According to the Associated Press, these migrants are legally permitted to remain in the United States while they pursue asylum.
Some migrants were told, by a San Antonio woman they called Perla,11 that their flights were going to Boston, Massachusetts, where they could get “expedited work papers”.12 A Boston Globe and Texas Tribune investigation found that a tall, blond woman approached migrants outside a San Antonio McDonald’s.13 One migrant contacted by the papers said she promised “three months of rent, work, and said they were going to put our papers in order.”
One of the two flights that Florida governor DeSantis chartered departed from San Antonio stopped in Florida, stopped again in South Carolina, and landed in Martha’s Vineyard. The second flight similarly left San Antonio, stopped in Florida, stopped again in Charlotte, North Carolina, and finally landed in Martha’s Vineyard.
Why land in Florida? So that DeSantis could meet his legal obligation to deport them from Florida … after he had them brought there…
rs0204 Premium Member over 1 year ago
Place your bets, sit back, and enjoy the spectacle.
DrDon1 over 1 year ago
And, again, our democratic aspirations face another challenge…
Radish the wordsmith over 1 year ago
Don’t forget to boil your water if you live in Houston.
nyg16 over 1 year ago
so let the political stunts begin – it is the battle of the curliest
fritzoid Premium Member over 1 year ago
Taylor Swift 2024.
I want to see Kanye’s head explode.
Jack7528 over 1 year ago
When did DeSantis come to Texas?
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 1 year ago
“On September 14, 2022, Florida governor Ron DeSantis sent approximately 50 primarily Venezuelan asylum-seekers by air from San Antonio, Texas, to the island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.”
DeSantis asked the legislature for relocation money, saying the federal government made more than 70 flights of immigrants to Florida in 2021.8 He budgeted $8 million and got $12 million from the Florida legislature in 2022, paid from interest on the $5.8 billion that Florida received from the American Rescue Plan.9 The fund was earmarked, to “facilitate the transport of unauthorized aliens from this state [Florida] consistent with federal law".9 According to the Associated Press, these migrants are legally permitted to remain in the United States while they pursue asylum.
Some migrants were told, by a San Antonio woman they called Perla,11 that their flights were going to Boston, Massachusetts, where they could get “expedited work papers”.12 A Boston Globe and Texas Tribune investigation found that a tall, blond woman approached migrants outside a San Antonio McDonald’s.13 One migrant contacted by the papers said she promised “three months of rent, work, and said they were going to put our papers in order.”
One of the two flights that Florida governor DeSantis chartered departed from San Antonio stopped in Florida, stopped again in South Carolina, and landed in Martha’s Vineyard. The second flight similarly left San Antonio, stopped in Florida, stopped again in Charlotte, North Carolina, and finally landed in Martha’s Vineyard.
Why land in Florida? So that DeSantis could meet his legal obligation to deport them from Florida … after he had them brought there…
DeSantis is “Lyin’ Air.”
monya_43 over 1 year ago
Play stupid games. . . I can only hope that they lose the stupid prizes.
Radish the wordsmith over 1 year ago
Republiguns are against abortion but as soon as the kids are in school they are targets.