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Editorial: With shameful Martha’s Vineyard stunt, DeSantis dishes out cruelty with a smirk

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ latest stunt to embarrass President Joe Biden — in advance hopes of replacing him in the Oval Office — was to dump immigrants stopped at the Southern border in a fancy community in New England that was not expecting or prepared to house them.

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Editorial: Florida, home of many a Proud Boy, a hotbed for white supremacy. The rest of us can’t stand silent

White supremacists and extremists don’t always wear white robes and burn crosses. They don’t necessarily meet in dingy headquarters away from civilized society

Tribune News Service

Biden outraged as Texas, Florida governors displace migrants across country

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis took credit Thursday for sending two planeloads of undocumented Venezuelans from Texas to wealthy Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, as Republicans play up immigration issues before November midterm elections.

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Migrant crisis – live: DeSantis stunt could undercut Hispanic voter support in November

Critics accuse Republican governors of carrying out a dangerous ‘political stunt’

The Independent UK

GOP governors bused migrants to liberal cities. Texas sent them to the vice president’s home

WASHINGTON — Politicians have been using migrants as props for decades. Republicans visit the Southwest border and declare that immigration is out of control. During the Trump administration, Democrats made their way to detention centers to decry the treatment of children locked in cages.

Los Angeles Times

Goldberg talks immigration on "The View"

"We don’t have any problem when people come through the border from Canada," Goldberg said

Salon

Top Biden officials to discuss "litigation options" over migrant buses sent by GOP governors

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered two planes to fly roughly 50 migrants to Martha's Vineyard.

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Newsom calls for US inquiry into DeSantis and migrant flight to Martha’s Vineyard

Gov. Gavin Newsom called Thursday for a U.S. Department of Justice investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to fly several immigrant families to Martha’s Vineyard.

Tribune News Service

Florida official asks DoJ to investigate DeSantis flying migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

In a letter to US Attorney General Merrick Garland, Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture Nicole Fried decried DeSantis’ ‘use of human beings to score political points’

The Independent UK

Alex Jones lawyer appears to tweet and fall asleep during Connecticut trial

The courtroom shenanigans are just the latest episode in the right-wing broadcaster’s wild legal defence effort

The Independent UK

Cruel or harmless? Pastors mixed on GOP migrant transports

As Republican governors ramp up their transports of migrants to Democratic-run jurisdictions, the practice is getting a mixed reaction from Christian faith leaders — many of whom, especially evangelicals, have supported GOP candidates by large numbers in recent elections

The Independent UK

White House: DeSantis sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard ‘disrespectful to humanity’

White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Thursday blasted Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ decision to fly migrants to Matha’s Vineyard, calling the maneuver a “political stunt" that threatens the wellbeing of vulnerable families and children.

Miami Herald

DeSantis’ remarks prompt more questions on where migrant flights originated

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A day after Gov. Ron DeSantis took credit for sending undocumented immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, the governor suggested at a news conference on Thursday that his efforts prevented those migrants from ever making it into Florida.

Tribune News Service

Texas sends two buses of migrants to US vice president’s home

Migrants stood outside Kamala Harris’s residence in Washington, DC before aid workers guided them to nearby church.

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What Miami Venezuelans think of migrants taken to Martha’s Vineyard: ‘We need solutions’

MIAMI — When Maria Corina Vegas took the stand in Downtown Doral Park, she moved her hands up and down the Venezuelan flag in front of her.

Tribune News Service

DeSantis defends sending migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Critics blast ‘inhumane’ stunt

The day after Florida took credit for sending two planeloads of undocumented immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Gov. Ron DeSantis suggested the flights were to “protect” the state while the backlash swelled, with critics decrying the flights as an inhumane political stunt.

The Independent UK

‘Playing politics with human beings’: Biden slams GOP governors’ migrant flights

‘The children ... deserve better than being left on the streets of DC or being left in Martha's Vineyard’

The Independent UK

Tucker Carlson segment may have inspired DeSantis move to send migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

When Republicans ‘do depraved stuff it’s worth looking for the Fox host who suggested it,’ media watchdog says

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The Independent UK

DeSantis boasts about his ‘innovative’ Martha’s Vineyard flight of migrants despite widespread criticism

‘We are not a sanctuary state,’ the Florida governor says

The Texas Tribune

Fight over border security escalates after governors send migrants to Kamala Harris’ home and Martha’s Vineyard

The latest moves by Gov. Greg Abbott and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis this week have triggered outrage among immigration rights’ groups and Democrats who have accused the Republicans of engaging in human trafficking and treating migrants like “human cargo” to score political points.

The Guardian - US

DeSantis sends migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, causing ‘humanitarian situation’

Florida governor sends about 50 people with no apparent notice, while Venezuelan migrants from Texas bussed to Washington DC

The Independent UK

Migrant crisis – live: DeSantis ‘deeply alarming’ to White House as he warns of more Martha’s Vineyard flights

Critics accused the pair of Republican governors of carrying out a dangerous ‘political stunt’

The Independent UK

2 busloads of migrants dropped off near VP Harris' residence

Two buses of migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border were dropped off near Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in residential Washington on Thursday

Salon

DeSantis flies migrants to Massachusetts

DeSantis tried to one-up GOP governors with latest stunt but local leaders say residents called his "bluff"

WEKU

Florida flies dozens of migrants to Martha's Vineyard

The plane flight carrying dozens of migrants and paid by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is the latest move by Republican officials to send migrants to Democrat-controlled cities.

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