Why Republican governors are relocating migrants across US
2 years, 3 months ago

Why Republican governors are relocating migrants across US

Al Jazeera  

GOP defends push that rights groups denounce as political stunt ahead of midterm elections. The Republican governors blame President Joe Biden’s immigration policies for the rise in arrivals at the border and say their campaign is necessary in order to share the burden of hosting the asylum seekers. Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar told reporters that the 48 migrants were “lured under false pretences” and “stranded unceremoniously in Martha’s Vineyard … for nothing other than a photo op”. On Thursday, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced that the city would open so-called “Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centers” to support the migrants coming from Texas. “Shipping vulnerable migrants, including children, across the US is a calculated systematic attack on a targeted population – here immigrants of color, many of whom are lawfully in the U.S. as asylum applicants,” David Leopold, a legal adviser with the group, said in a statement.

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Migrants sent from Texas to Illinois taken to Chicago
11 months, 3 weeks ago

Migrants sent from Texas to Illinois taken to Chicago

CNN  

CNN — A plane with more than 350 asylum-seekers onboard arrived early Sunday morning at an airport near Chicago from Texas, according to officials, part of the state’s monthslong effort to send thousands of migrants to major cities around the country with little notice. Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson said Sunday on X, formerly known as Twitter, “there was no communication …

Texas begins flying migrants from border to Chicago. The first plane carried over 120 people
1 year ago

Texas begins flying migrants from border to Chicago. The first plane carried over 120 people

LA Times  

Migrants who crossed the Rio Grande and entered the U.S. from Mexico are lined up for processing by U.S. Customs and Border Protection in Eagle Pass, Texas. The first flight, which Abbott’s office said left from El Paso and arrived Tuesday, was arranged a week after Chicago’s city council took new action over the busloads of migrants that have drawn …

Texas begins flying migrants from southern border to Chicago. The first plane carried over 120 people
1 year ago

Texas begins flying migrants from southern border to Chicago. The first plane carried over 120 people

Associated Press  

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas sent a plane with more than 120 migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to Chicago in an escalation of Republican Gov. The first flight, which Abbott’s office said left from El Paso and arrived Tuesday, was arranged a week after Chicago’s city council took new action over the busloads of migrants that have drawn sharp criticism from …

Migrants bused from Texas to Los Angeles in move mayor calls ‘despicable stunt’
1 year, 6 months ago

Migrants bused from Texas to Los Angeles in move mayor calls ‘despicable stunt’

Associated Press  

LOS ANGELES — A group of migrants who arrived by bus in downtown Los Angeles on Wednesday were sent from Texas in a move the city’s mayor called a “despicable stunt” by a Republican governor. Forty-two people, including some children, were dropped off at Union Station around 4 p.m. and were being cared for by city agencies and charitable organizations, …

Florida official says migrants flown to California went willingly, disputes claims of coercion
1 year, 6 months ago

Florida official says migrants flown to California went willingly, disputes claims of coercion

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration said Tuesday that three dozen migrants whom the state flew from the U.S. southern border to California on private planes all went willingly, disputing allegations by California officials that the individuals were coerced to travel under false pretenses. The individuals had been picked up in El Paso, Texas, taken to New Mexico …

DeSantis defends flying migrants to California
1 year, 6 months ago

DeSantis defends flying migrants to California

LA Times  

Republican presidential candidate and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday defended his state’s decision to fly migrants from the U.S.-Mexico border to California, arguing that the state had essentially invited the migrants with its welcoming policies toward immigrants. “But if there’s a policy to have an open border, then I think the sanctuary jurisdictions should be the ones that have …

California officials: Florida picked up asylum-seekers on Texas border and flew them to Sacramento
1 year, 6 months ago

California officials: Florida picked up asylum-seekers on Texas border and flew them to Sacramento

Associated Press  

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The state of Florida picked up asylum-seekers on the Texas border Monday and took them by private jet to California’s capital city at taxpayer expense for the second time in four days, California officials said, prompting allegations that migrants were misled and catching shelters and aid workers by surprise. As California Attorney General Rob Bonta investigated the …

California Governor Newsom threatens Ron DeSantis with kidnapping charges over migrant Flights
1 year, 6 months ago

California Governor Newsom threatens Ron DeSantis with kidnapping charges over migrant Flights

Hindustan Times  

California Governor Gavin Newsom appeared to threaten his Florida counterpart Ron DeSantis with kidnapping charges Monday, as a second planeload of migrants arrived via private jet in state capital Sacramento. While Florida officials have not commented on the two recent flights to Sacramento, California officials said some of the migrants were carrying documentation "purporting to be from the government of …

2nd plane carrying more than a dozen migrants lands in California capital
1 year, 6 months ago

2nd plane carrying more than a dozen migrants lands in California capital

CNN  

CNN — A private plane carrying 20 migrants from Texas arrived in California’s capital city of Sacramento Monday morning, officials said – the second such arrival of migrants in the city from a conservative state in several days. After the first plane’s arrival in the state capital, Bonta said his office was investigating the incident and “evaluating potential criminal or …

‘Pathetic man’: California gov slams DeSantis over migrant flight
1 year, 6 months ago

‘Pathetic man’: California gov slams DeSantis over migrant flight

Al Jazeera  

California’s top official suggests Florida governor guilty of kidnapping after flying asylum seekers to the US state’s capital, Sacramento. California Governor Gavin Newsom has unleashed a scathing invective against his Florida counterpart and Republican presidential hopeful Ron DeSantis after two planes of undocumented migrants and asylum seekers arrived in his state. Newsom also linked his post to the California penal …

First on CNN: DeSantis takes steps to again send migrants to Democratic-led cities
1 year, 7 months ago

First on CNN: DeSantis takes steps to again send migrants to Democratic-led cities

CNN  

CNN — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is taking steps to once again send migrants to Democratic-led cities as an affront to the Biden administration’s immigration policies, joining other Republican governors who have bussed people north. In a statement to CNN, Florida Division of Emergency Management spokeswoman Alecia Collins confirmed the state had “selected multiple vendors based on their capabilities to …

Gov DeSantis Allowed to Transport Migrants Entering Florida to Any State in US, Florida Legislation Rules
1 year, 10 months ago

Gov DeSantis Allowed to Transport Migrants Entering Florida to Any State in US, Florida Legislation Rules

News 18  

Florida’s legislature on Friday approved a proposal authorizing Republican governor Ron DeSantis to transport migrants and asylum seekers between any US states — even states far from Florida. The bill expands the scope of a law passed last year that allowed DeSantis to fly migrants to Democratic-controlled states that have so-called sanctuary policies in place. The White House then accused …

Florida passes bill backing DeSantis push to relocate migrants
1 year, 10 months ago

Florida passes bill backing DeSantis push to relocate migrants

Al Jazeera  

Republican lawmakers create $10m programme to fund governor’s push, which critics say treats people as ‘chess pieces’. Legislators in the US state of Florida have passed a bill backing efforts by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis to transport migrants and asylum seekers into Democratic-controlled parts of the United States, a push that critics have decried as “indefensible”. Stop playing games with …

Documents: Florida migrant transport planning began in July
2 years, 2 months ago

Documents: Florida migrant transport planning began in July

The Independent  

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Florida officials began planning to …

DeSantis drops provocations — for now — in response to Ian
2 years, 2 months ago

DeSantis drops provocations — for now — in response to Ian

Associated Press  

Ron DeSantis has whipsawed his way through the national conversation this month, first by putting migrants on planes or buses to Democratic strongholds and then shifting to a more traditional role of crisis manager as one of the strongest hurricanes to ever hit the U.S. barreled into his state. “At the end of the day, I view this as something …

Migrants sue Florida governor over Martha’s Vineyard flights
2 years, 3 months ago

Migrants sue Florida governor over Martha’s Vineyard flights

Associated Press  

BOSTON — Venezuelan migrants flown to the upscale Massachusetts island of Martha’s Vineyard sued Florida Gov. “No human being should be used as a political pawn,” said Ivan Espinoza-Madrigal, executive director of Lawyers for Civil Rights, which is seeking class-action status in the lawsuit filed on behalf of several migrants who were aboard last week’s flights and Alianza Americas, a …

GOP’s hard-line tactics on migrants refocus midterm debate
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP’s hard-line tactics on migrants refocus midterm debate

Associated Press  

MIAMI — They’ve delivered migrants on planes and buses to Washington, D.C., New York City — even Martha’s Vineyard. A defiant DeSantis on Tuesday blasted the Biden administration’s inaction on the Southern border and celebrated his own policies for making illegal immigration “a front-burner issue” ahead of the midterms. “For the voters we’re appealing to, for the most part, the …

DeSantis Admits Mass Migration Not Really A Big Problem In Florida Right Now
2 years, 3 months ago

DeSantis Admits Mass Migration Not Really A Big Problem In Florida Right Now

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis offered a bit more insight Tuesday into why he is spending hundreds of thousands in state taxpayer funds chartering private flights to transport migrants to states that lie hundreds of miles away. “The problem is, we’re not seeing mass movements of them into Florida, so you end up with a car with maybe …

EXPLAINER: Bused, flown migrants can live in US -- for now
2 years, 3 months ago

EXPLAINER: Bused, flown migrants can live in US -- for now

Associated Press  

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. Authorities stopped migrants 2.15 million times from October through August, the first time above 2 million during the government’s fiscal year. Last year, …

Human trafficking victims and a one-month-old: Florida and Texas migrant transports moved over a dozen kids
2 years, 3 months ago

Human trafficking victims and a one-month-old: Florida and Texas migrant transports moved over a dozen kids

The Independent  

Sign up for the daily Inside Washington email for exclusive US coverage and analysis sent to your inbox Get our free Inside Washington email Get our free Inside Washington email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy Last week, the Republican governors of Florida and Texas sent …

Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants
2 years, 3 months ago

Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants

Associated Press  

— Republican governors are escalating their partisan tactic of sending migrants to Democratic strongholds without advance warning, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the home of Vice President Kamala Harris, to taunt leaders of immigrant-friendly “sanctuary” cities and stoke opposition to Biden administration border policies. Ron DeSantis said the flights to Martha’s Vineyard were part of an effort …

DeSantis vows Florida will transport more migrants from border to other states
2 years, 3 months ago

DeSantis vows Florida will transport more migrants from border to other states

CNN  

CNN — Florida Gov. There’s going to be a lot more that’s happening.” Speaking at a news conference in Daytona Beach, DeSantis defended using taxpayer dollars to send 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard because he said many people who cross the border end up in Florida. “It’s obvious that’s where they were going,” he said, adding, “It’s all …

Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard moving to US military base
2 years, 3 months ago

Migrants flown to Martha’s Vineyard moving to US military base

Al Jazeera  

White House condemns transfer of 50 Venezuelan migrants to wealthy US island as ‘cruel stunt’ by Republicans. Migrants who were flown to the wealthy US island of Martha’s Vineyard this week in what critics have denounced as a “cruel political stunt” by Republican lawmakers are being moved to a military base, Massachusetts state officials announced. “We are grateful to the …

GOP Governors Are Escalating Their Use Of Migrants As Political Pawns
2 years, 3 months ago

GOP Governors Are Escalating Their Use Of Migrants As Political Pawns

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING As the sun was rising in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning, two buses carrying about 100 migrants from Del Rio, Texas, arrived outside Vice President Kamala Harris’ residence at the Naval Observatory in the city’s northwest quadrant. It was the latest political stunt by Republicans to protest President Joe Biden’s immigration policies ― by sending waves of …

DeSantis makes appeal to GOP base with migrant move as he faces reelection and eyes 2024
2 years, 3 months ago

DeSantis makes appeal to GOP base with migrant move as he faces reelection and eyes 2024

CNN  

CNN — By arranging to fly two planes of migrants onto the tony island of Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, Gov. When he laid out his immigration agenda at a December news conference, DeSantis teased Martha’s Vineyard as a potential destination, saying, “It’s somewhat tongue-in-cheek but it is true, if you sent to Delaware or Martha’s Vineyard or some of these …

GOP governors bused migrants to liberal cities. Texas sent them to the vice president’s home
2 years, 3 months ago

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

LA Times  

Politicians have been using migrants as props for decades. Greg Abbott of Texas took the tactic to a new level Thursday, busing about 100 people — including many who said they were fleeing violence or poverty — to Vice President Kamala Harris’ doorstep. “We’re sending migrants to her backyard to call on the Biden Administration to do its job & …

Florida governor flies planes full of illegal migrants to celebrity haven Martha’s Vineyard
2 years, 3 months ago

Florida governor flies planes full of illegal migrants to celebrity haven Martha’s Vineyard

The Telegraph  

Ron DeSantis, the Republican governor of Florida, sent two planeloads of illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, the affluent Massachusetts island which is home to Barack Obama and a host of celebrities. Karine Jean-Pierre, the White House press secretary, accused Republican governors of using migrants as "political pawns" in a "shameful" manner. A spokeswoman for Mr DeSantis, who is widely considered …

Texas buses migrants to Chicago, worsening political tensions
2 years, 3 months ago

Texas buses migrants to Chicago, worsening political tensions

Al Jazeera  

Texas Governor Greg Abbott says the buses are needed because President Joe Biden has failed to secure the southern border. The Republican governor of the US state of Texas has bused a group of asylum seekers to the city of Chicago, in an expanded effort to denounce President Joe Biden’s migration policies, and to push the responsibility of increased arrivals …

Texas Governor Dumps First Busload Of Migrants In DC For Political Stunt
2 years, 8 months ago

Texas Governor Dumps First Busload Of Migrants In DC For Political Stunt

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING Texas Gov. An ACLU of Texas staff attorney called Abbott’s plan “outrageous and blatantly unconstitutional” when it was first announced, while it was still unclear that the busing would be voluntary. White House press secretary Jen Psaki labeled Abbott’s plan a “publicity stunt.” Texas state Rep. Matt Shaefer, a Republican, called it a “gimmick.” Texas Democrats said …

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