Ron DeSantis is a manifestation of evil.
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It's not only Donald Trump who thinks laws don't apply to him. DeSantis seem to think it's okay for him to kidnap people and fly them over state lines. Hello! That's a federal offense.
This story of manifest evil and cruelty has been in the news. However, it is also an inspirational story about a community of good people coming together to help people who were not only used as political pawns but by my way of thinking (and some lawyers and others too) victims of kidnapping.
See:
Ron DeSantis may have kidnapped migrants, Gavin Newsom writes to DOJ
Excerpt:
In response, Newsom wrote a letter to United States Attorney General Merrick Garland, calling on the Department of Justice to open a criminal investigation into the incident. In his letter, Newsom called DeSantis’ actions not just “morally reprehensible” but also maybe illegal.
Newsom cites allegations that the migrants may have been falsely promised “expedited access to work authorization.” If the migrants were lured onto the planes under false pretenses, Newsom believes the political stunt would amount to state-sanctioned kidnapping.
Here's what the local paper and its readers had to say:
But former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that “I doubt they’ll embrace” the migrants on Martha’s Vineyard. “You know, these are all sanctuary cities until they’re in their sanctuary,” he said Wednesday night on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”
Of course this being the NY Post they include the following
Online responses to the reports about the migrant arrivals included outrage from readers, including one who said, “Any blame lays at the feet of President Biden.”
“Thousands of people pour into the country daily and the federal government refuses to set any policy whatsoever other than the door is wide open,” wrote Fred from Edgartown.
“What’s most amazing is that we have a serious humanitarian issue and the current administration has no idea what to do (anybody seen or heard from the border czar? Still no root causes). Blaming over run governors of border states who never claimed to be sanctuary havens is ignoring the problem.”
On MSNBC a Telemundo reporter who interviewed many of the migrants said that some of them were thankful to Gov. DeSantis for sending them to Martha's Vineyard. Also most of them were telling her they weren't illegal immigrants but came to the border seeking legal entry to the country. (Click to enlarge image)
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There's an ugly history behind this week's Martha's Vineyard atrocity — even if Trump thinks it was all his idea |
Since DeSantis didn't have any refugees readily available to expel this week, he used his forced deportation money to charter a couple of jets and coerce migrants who were in Texas — halfway across the country — to board them, claiming they were being sent to Boston with promises of resources and support. Instead the migrants were dropped off on Martha's Vineyard, a famous summer resort with a year-round population of around 15,000. No one there knew they were coming, and they were essentially dumped at the island's tiny airport like cargo.
There are assumptions being made and some people are jumping to the conclusion that the migrants are being "shipped off to concentration camps."
The migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard are voluntarily being taken to a military base for shelter and support
The help that awaits the migrants on Cape Cod
Joint Base Cape Cod – already an emergency shelter designated by the state emergency management agency – is set up to provide “a safe temporary accommodation appropriate for the needs of families and individuals,” the governor’s office said in a release.
The migrants “will be housed in dormitory-style spaces at JBCC, with separate spaces accommodating both individuals and families,” and families will not be separated, the release reads.
They will have access to services including legal, health care, food, hygiene kits, and crisis counseling, according to Baker’s office.
Baker, a Republican, lauded a temporary shelter that the Martha’s Vineyard community set up for the migrants in “a moment of urgent need.”
“We are grateful to the providers, volunteers and local officials that stepped up on Martha’s Vineyard over the past few days to provide immediate services to these individuals,” Baker said in a news release.
As a former resident of Cape Cod I know that the state is always prepared for weather emergencies such as hurricanes and I feel confident that these migrants will be as well-cared for as any residents who might need shelter during an emergency.
And yet, as DeSantis' failed attempt at leveling up the troll shows, Republican politicians are still clinging to the idea that there's a vein of liberal hypocrisy to be tapped on this front. What's little discussed, however, is where this idea came from. The notion that white liberals want diversity for others, but not themselves, has become an article of faith on the mainstream right only recently, after being heavily hyped by folks like Tucker Carlson of Fox News. Where it came from originally, however, is from fringe white nationalist and neo-Nazi groups, and from the white supremacist forum Stormfront in particular.
Thats why we need to secure our borders. The Democrats want open borders so they can get these immigrants to vote democratic so the Dem’s can can gain control to control all of us, its called socialism . MV is a sanctuary city, YOUR current leaders voted for that. So its o.k. that Texas is bothered with it, but when its in YOUR backyard, different story. Vote REPUBLICAN to get our country back!!
I see a lot of hateful and selfish comments. I take it none of you are “Christians”. I’ve never claimed to be, I just see a lot of hate from people with no care at all about other human beings, not even the children. It would be good to know none of you are speaking any of this ignorant vitriol in a house of worship.
If you lived in a country where you are told repeatedly that the US is a safe place while there are dangerous cartels mass murdering innocent people and burying them in mass graves, sometimes you need to take that chance. It’s not like they’re watching Tucker Carlson every night telling them about how great Russia is, or they would choose Russia. There are many brave people who are coming here to save themselves and their children.
OUR/YOUR church groups, missionaries, etc, go to these places and encourage them to come to the US. Why would they endanger themselves to make such an arduous trip? American’s think sitting in the drive through at Dunkin Donuts for 5 min is an inconvenience.
If Abbott wasn’t hooked on the theater of it all, he could help. Suffering is a joke to him. He cares as little for the kids of Uvalde as these migrants. DeSantis and Abbott are trafficking humans and it’s cruel. There needs to be a humane solution, not political stunts on the backs of these people. DeSantis and Abbott need to be arrested for trafficking in humans.
Amen. You know why the South lost the Civil War? Because their racism and bigotry drove the slaves to join the Union Army. They fought for their freedom (though they never should have had to do so). Unfortunately, we allowed the Confederacy to go home intact, and white supremacy has once again reared its ugly head and was emboldened by Trump. This desperate maneuver by DeSantis and Abbott, occurring right before midterms, is VERY telling…
AMEN!!
Your citizens voted to be a sanctuary city. Now you need to deal with it. It is not fair that border states have to absorb the enormous amount of illegals coming through Biden’s open border.
100% !
I couldn’t say it better! You are on point! This country is taking a very scary direction. I’m glad I won’t be here to see the devastation caused by socialism.
You didn’t read the article, but you read the headline so you saw this bit: “via Texas.” And instead of connecting the dots — Texas is one of the southern border states sending bus loads of immigrants from the border to Eastern US cities and just dropping them there — you immediately assume some kind of Vineyard cabal invited them here?
Like they aren’t being dropped in Texas?
Isn’t this what you voted for?
And how did you expect the towns on the boarder to handle the same issues?
If they’re a sanctuary city, they asked for this.
There is so much irony in hearing someone gloat about illegal immigrants being flown to sanctuary cities after voting for a criminal president twice.
I wouldn’t be surprised if haters (who may claim to be loving, tolerant, and possess empathy) and who live in Martha’s Vineyard won’t give some a place to stay.
MV isn’t very diverse and more and more migrants there will bring cultural enrichment and diversity.
They could be trained to teach Spanish to island kids!
Send them the link to MV Longterm Housing on Facebook they might find a place to stay
That’s what open borders mean & it was a matter of time…posted signs “welcomed” illegals & now you got them…in the end, no place is above sharing the ramifications of law abuse, acceptance of law breakers & still expect to be unaffected! Share the pain!!!
Awesome!! Luckily we don’t have a housing problem and can accommodate as many as needed. Any MS 13 members? Come on in, there’s plenty of space at the Obama’s or maybe John Kerry’s house. Either way our community has been supportive of people of unknown origins or intentions to our country. Any Mid East terrorist’s on board? We welcome all!
Exactly! Give the Mass. politicians what they “want”, (or rather what they want for red states).
Ditto to what you wrote John Axel.
Very well stated!
The people that are indignant that (illegal) immigrants are brought to their states and/or towns make me laugh. Somehow they don’t seem to mind that Texas, Arizona, Alabama etc. are flooded with illegal immigrants. 2 million have crossed our southern border in the past 12 months. Somehow that doesn’t bother them? .
alone.
Both parties have done nothing with immigration for decades bc they CAN’T!! Their biggest donors need the worker. They should be setting up work and housing near the factories and farm areas in high need while waiting for their asylum hearings.