Migrants flown to Mass. suing DeSantis Plaintiffs accuse DeSantis of using flight to push "hate-driven agenda intended to create confusion and rejection" Salon · Sep 21, 2022
Heartbreaking journey after abortion ban “It was just a matter of time before the baby died," said 27-year-old Lauren Hall Salon · Sep 21, 2022
Michael Hiltzik: The ugly historical roots of the GOP's sadistic migrant transports Just about the only thing that one can say about the migrant transports sponsored by Republican governors in the South is that the picture is sure to get uglier as more facts emerge. Los Angeles Times · Sep 21, 2022
Migrant flight never arrives near Biden’s coastal home after Delaware officials launch preparations GEORGETOWN, Del. — As the Republican governors of Texas, Florida and Arizona continued to wield a political tactic of transporting migrants outside their states, Delaware officials and immigration advocates prepared Tuesday to offer help after reports suggested a private plane bringing a group of migrants could land at an airport… Los Angeles Times · Sep 21, 2022
Latest DeSantis migrant flight reportedly heading to Biden’s summer home, rattling officials and enraging White House Plane appears to be waiting in New Jersey The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022
Fact check: Ron DeSantis distorting immigration facts as he defends flights Governors of Texas and Florida exaggerate Biden’s role in border situation — and ignore ways he’s like Trump The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2022
Three Venezuelan migrants flown from Texas to Massachusetts sue Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis The lawsuit alleges an elaborate scheme of people luring migrants with hotel rooms, McDonald’s gift cards, hundreds of dollars in cash and false information about their final destinations. The Texas Tribune · Sep 20, 2022
Despite rumors, no sign of DeSantis sending migrant plane from Texas to Delaware SAN ANTONIO, Texas — For most of Tuesday, officials in Delaware and members of the public checked the status of a charter flight that was supposed to travel from San Antonio to President Joe Biden’s home state. Miami Herald · Sep 20, 2022
GOP's hard-line tactics on migrants refocus midterm debate The Republican governors of Florida and Texas have delivered migrants on planes and buses to Washington, D The Independent UK · Sep 20, 2022
DeSantis’ next move? Delaware prepares for possible plane of migrants landing near Biden's home SAN ANTONIO, Texas — The next blow in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ battle to fly migrants out of Texas could land in Delaware. Miami Herald · Sep 20, 2022
Ron DeSantis and Greg Abbott pull from segregationists' playbook with their anti-immigration stunts As a historian of racism and white supremacy in the United States, I’ve become accustomed to callous actions like those of Republican governors who organized transportation for Latin American migrants to states run by their political opponents. The Conversation · Sep 20, 2022
Ron DeSantis should be prosecuted for his treatment of immigrants The Florida governor’s use of vulnerable migrants as props is disgusting and criminal The Guardian - US · Sep 20, 2022
Editorial: Offering real refuge: We must rethink our approach to arriving asylum seekers Serious people should have a lot of questions about Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing asylum seekers to New York, the most serious of which concern whether he and other governors sending migrants here, Chicago, D.C., Martha’s Vineyard and elsewhere are breaking the law by misleading people and transferring them under… Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022
Texas sheriff probes migrant flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida The Bexar County Sheriff launched a criminal investigation Monday into the transfer of migrants by plane from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida’s governor, amid rising migration. Tribune News Service · Sep 20, 2022
Los Angeles Times · Sep 20, 2022 These migrants were flown to California from Texas. They don't know why or who paid for their flights Eight Venezuelan migrants were flown last week from Texas to Sacramento with little cash — some without shoes — and the men have no idea why they were sent or who paid for the flights, an advocacy group said.
The Texas Tribune · Sep 20, 2022 Bexar County sheriff launches investigation into Florida flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered two flights to send migrants recruited in San Antonio to the tony Massachusetts vacation spot, a move that drew outrage after some migrants later said they were misled into getting on the planes.
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022 EXPLAINER: Bused, flown migrants can live in US -- for now Republican governors have been sending more migrants released at the U.S. border with Mexico to Democratic strongholds, raising questions about their legal status, how they are lured on board buses and planes, and the cost to taxpayers
The Independent UK · Sep 19, 2022 ‘Young’ mother seeking US asylum dies in NYC shelter, mayor says The New York mayor did not disclose whether the woman was among the migrants who were taken to the city from southern border states in recent weeks as part of a controversial relocation program
Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022 More Texans support overturning Roe v. Wade but still split on abortion, new poll shows WASHINGTON — More Texans said they support the U.S. Supreme Court decision to overturn Roe v. Wade, according to a new poll that shows a 7-point jump from August.
Tribune News Service · Sep 19, 2022 Can Beto O’Rourke persuade enough non-Democrats to dump Greg Abbott? Poll casts doubt DALLAS – Beto O’Rourke has made courting independents and Republicans whose votes could be up for grabs a critical component of his campaign to unseat GOP incumbent Greg Abbott.
Salon · Sep 19, 2022 Trump mad DeSantis stole migrant idea Trump "privately accused DeSantis of doing this largely to generate a 2024 polling boost," Rolling Stone reports
Salon · Sep 19, 2022 Vineyard migrants: We were misled Progressives call for criminal probe of Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis' "heartless" actions, "dereliction of duty"
The Texas Tribune · Sep 18, 2022 Second bus with migrants arrives outside Kamala Harris’ residence The migrants are the latest to arrive as part of Gov. Greg Abbott’s busing program.
The Guardian - US · Sep 17, 2022 Texas sends another busload of migrants to Kamala Harris’s home About 50 mainly Venezuelan migrants, including a baby, deposited unannounced at Naval Observatory in Washington
Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022 Border arrests on track to break record as divide grows over states’ handling of migrants DALLAS — Complications for the Biden administration over immigration intensified as migrants were transported by Republican governors to cities governed by Democrats and rising migration along the southern border remains on pace to exceed a record 2 million.