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 The Guardian - US · 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. Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022
AOC shames Ted Cruz over treatment of ‘nuestra familia Latina’ after he backed migrant stunt and calls him ‘una vergüenza’ GOP senator from Texas has even called for 500,000 migrants to be sent to Washington DC The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis faces questions over migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard: ‘Crimes against humanity’ Questions continue to swirl around Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant relocation efforts, from his use of federal COVID aid to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, to the mysterious aviation company tasked with handling the trips. Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022
Markey heads probe of DeSantis stunt The Treasury Department is urged to investigate the Florida governor's use of Covid-19 relief Salon · Sep 17, 2022
Kamala Harris slams GOP governors for ‘dereliction of duty’ as more migrants sent to her residence ‘There were children, people being put on a bus or a plane who didn’t know where they’re going or where they were being sent’ The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022
Ted Cruz forced to admit trafficking migrants to Martha’s Vineyard is illegal in Sean Hannity interview Ron DeSantis widely criticised for flying two planeloads of Venezuelans to upscale Massachusetts island The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022
‘I’ll bring my hair gel’: Newsom challenges DeSantis to debate LOS ANGELES — Gov. Gavin Newsom challenged his Florida counterpart, Ron DeSantis, to a televised debate, escalating his criticism of Republican governors’ mass transport of migrants to liberal bastions as “reprehensible” and possibly illegal. Los Angeles Times · Sep 17, 2022
California's Gavin Newsom challenges Florida's Ron DeSantis to debate The challenge comes amid DeSantis' decision to send nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard. Axios · Sep 17, 2022
Ted Cruz says half a million migrants should be sent to DC Texas Senator says Barack Obama should host migrants at his $12m Martha’s Vineyard home The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022
DeSantis hammered in Florida newspapers for ‘political stunt’ flying Venezuelans to Martha’s Vineyard ‘He is saying that his political career is more important than our lives. That’s the type of politician he is’ The Independent UK · Sep 17, 2022
Andreas Kluth: Texas and Florida are going full Belarus on migrants It’s time for leaders and citizens in all developed countries — from the U.S. to Europe, Asia and Australia — to ask themselves wrenching questions about migration. Answering honestly will take us far out of our comfort zones, challenging the way we define ourselves as individuals and societies. Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slams Republicans for "trafficking" migrants "Lying to & trafficking people for TV and clicks isn’t politics as usual. It’s abuse." Axios · Sep 17, 2022
DeSantis: Florida will keep relocating migrants with state funds "There’s going to be a lot more that’s happening.” Axios · Sep 17, 2022
Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022 Ousted Florida prosecutor vs. DeSantis in court Monday. What could happen? On a lobby wall inside a busy Tampa courthouse is a gallery of photographs of Hillsborough County state attorneys dating back decades.
Boston Herald · Sep 17, 2022 Editorial: Border crisis not just a Texas problem For residents of Massachusetts and New York communities who suddenly find themselves hosting migrants from Florida and Texas, the border crisis just got personal.
Tribune News Service · Sep 17, 2022 News briefs This is how much Florida has paid an aviation company to relocate ‘unauthorized aliens’
Orlando Sentinel · Sep 16, 2022 DeSantis vows to spend $12 million on moving migrants, wherever they are TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov. Ron DeSantis vowed Friday to spend all $12 million he has been given by state lawmakers on flights and buses sending migrants to sanctuary cities and states in protest of what he calls President Biden’s “reckless” border policies.
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022 Ron DeSantis breaks fundraising record for governors amid Martha’s Vineyard immigration stunt The Florida governor has raised $175.8m for his re-election campaign
Reason · Sep 16, 2022 If Ron DeSantis Hates Communism, He Shouldn't Weaponize Victims of Communism The governor flew dozens of Venezuelans to Martha's Vineyard at taxpayer expense, even though they fled a regime he says "is responsible for countless atrocities."
McClatchy Washington Bureau · Sep 16, 2022 White House says DeSantis, Abbott like ‘smugglers’ for transporting migrants from border The Biden administration increased its criticism of Ron DeSantis over his scheme this week to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, accusing Florida’s Republican governor of deploying “smuggler tactics” to deceive asylum seekers.
WEKU · Sep 16, 2022 Migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard are being rehoused on a base in Cape Cod The immigrants who were sent from Texas to Martha's Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will now be housed in Joint Base Cape Cod.
The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022 Kristi Noem rants about ‘California feces’ in response to Newsom’s abortion billboard campaign in her state California Governor Gavin Newsom launched a multi-state billboard campaign in parts of the country where abortion is the most restricted, to play up his state’s progressive laws that protect a person’s right to the procedure.
Miami Herald · Sep 16, 2022 This is how much Florida has paid an aviation company to relocate ‘unauthorized aliens’ MIAMI — Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration last week paid an aviation company $615,000 as part of a new Florida program to relocate undocumented immigrants out of the state, according to state records.