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Elizabeth Nolan Brown

DeSantis and Abbott Are Wrong To Treat Migrants as a Punishment

"We're sending migrants to her backyard to call on the Biden Administration," Texas governor says. Republican politicians are moving migrant asylum seekers around the U.S. with little thought to their needs or well-being, instead using them like pawns in a disgraceful game of political one-upmanship.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott sent two buses of migrants from Texas to nearby the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington, D.C. Meanwhile, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent two planes of migrants to Martha's Vineyard, a small island and vacation destination in Massachusetts. The migrants were flown to Martha's Vineyard after being sent from Texas to Florida.

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