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‘Easy pickings’: In Texas town where Martha’s Vineyard ordeal began, few options for migrants

EAGLE PASS, Texas — The journey to Martha’s Vineyard began in Eagle Pass.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

Commentary: Ron DeSantis’ cruel political theater falls flat on Martha’s Vineyard

I woke early Thursday at my home in West Tisbury, one of six small towns on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, to find deer munching my shrubs, an early fall chill in the air and the disturbing news that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis had flown about 50 migrants, mostly from…

Los Angeles Times

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.

Los Angeles Times

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Migrants sent to Martha's Vineyard promised cash and job help

Lawyers for Civil Rights shared a brochure on Monday that they say migrants were given "at some point during their expulsion and relocation from Texas and Florida."

Axios

Texas sheriff investigating migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard organized by Florida governor

The Bexar County sheriff's office said migrants were "lured" away from a resource center.

Axios

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 Texas Tribune

Texas sheriff will investigate Florida flying Venezuelan migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

Authorities in Texas have opened a criminal investigation into Gov. Ron DeSantis’ operation to fly roughly 50 Venezuela migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last week.

McClatchy Washington Bureau

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DeSantis defends Martha's Vineyard migrant flights after Texas investigation opens

A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into flights ordered by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis that took the migrants to Massachusetts. DeSantis says outrage over the flights was misplaced.

WEKU

Migrants Are People, Not Props

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Reason

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

Prosecutor ousted by DeSantis to stay suspended during trial

A federal judge in Florida has ruled that a state prosecutor suspended by Gov. Ron DeSantis will remain out of office while his court case against the Republican governor moves to trial

The Independent UK

Spending Down $12 Million in Pandemic Relief Money on an Immigration Stunt Isn't 'Responsible Fiscal Policy'

Ron DeSantis paid for the Martha's Vineyard migrant flights through interest earned on American Rescue Plan money, which he's said was designed "to bail out the poorly governed states.”

Reason

Trump taught Ron DeSantis well

Some Republicans see DeSantis as a cleaned-up Trump. But their contempt for the rule of law is exactly the same

Salon

Donald Trump rages that Ron DeSantis’s Martha’s Vineyard stunt was his ‘idea’

The former president accused the Florida governor of stealing the limelight from his platform

The Independent UK

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Reason

The Will to Power Was Front and Center at NatCon III

What differentiates national conservatives from some other right-wing varietals is the desire to use government to destroy their enemies.

Salon

Trump mad DeSantis stole migrant idea

Trump "privately accused DeSantis of doing this largely to generate a 2024 polling boost," Rolling Stone reports

Salon

Vineyard migrants: We were misled

Progressives call for criminal probe of Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis' "heartless" actions, "dereliction of duty"

The Guardian - US

DeSantis actions on migrants is ‘mini-ethnic cleansing’, expert warns

Professor says treating the Republican decision to move migrants to Martha’s Vineyard as a political stunt risks diminishing its ‘moral seriousness’

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The Independent UK

Migrants’ lawyers call for criminal investigation into DeSantis’ Martha’s Vineyard stunt

Lawyers for Civil Rights organisation is representing more than 30 Venezualans dumped on island by GOP governor

Tribune News Service

Protesters have their say outside rally for Kansas GOP gubernatorial candidate

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis prepared for his rally Sunday in Olathe, Kansas, to support the Republican candidate for Kansas governor, about 50 protesters gathered outside, chanting “DeSantis get out of Kansas” and holding signs reading, “Take your hate back to Florida” and “Protect trans students.”

Salon

I voted for Trump — twice. I was wrong

I was all-in on Donald Trump's lies, well after Jan. 6. What opened my eyes? Gather round and I'll tell you

The Guardian - US

Attorneys for ‘duped’ migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard call for criminal investigation

Republican governors made ‘false promises to migrants in order to induce them to travel’, lawyers say

WEKU

Flying migrants to Massachusetts was political, critics say. But was it legal?

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican who is running for reelection, said the flights from Texas were "voluntary" but if they were lured, some argue the migrants could now be victims of a crime.

Axios

Lawyers for Martha's Vineyard migrants blast "political stunt," urge Feds to open criminal probe

The lawyers said their clients "were induced to board airplanes and cross state lines under false pretenses."

The Guardian - US

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

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