DeSantis basically reignited the whole firestorm that was started by Abbott. He effectively kidnapped these people, luring them onto planes with promises of jobs and then he proceeded to send them to a tiny island with no support services. There's not even plausible deniability that he was trying to connect them to resources. I absolutely think the DOJ should investigate here.
Last week, nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants showed up, without warning, on the wealthy island of Martha’s Vineyard.
Their arrival was the culmination of a monthslong strategy by two of the United States’ most conservative governors to lay the issue of undocumented immigration at Democrats’ doorstep.
How has this strategy played out and what has it meant for the migrants caught in the middle?
Guest: Miriam Jordan, a national correspondent covering immigration for The New York Times.
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