Martha's Vineyard migrant airlift

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Ron DeSantis
US House of Representatives
Governor of Florida

On September 14, 2022, Florida governor Ron DeSantis sent approximately 50 primarily Venezuelan asylum seekers by air from San Antonio, Texas, to the island of Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts. The incident and ones like it have caused a partisan divide across the US. President Joe Biden and other Democrats called it "a political stunt and inhumane",[1][2] while Republicans such as Mitch McConnell "thought it was a good idea".[3]

  1. ^ Gaudiano, Nicole (September 16, 2022). "What's next for the migrants: Govs. DeSantis and Abbott sent to Martha's Vineyard and Kamala Harris' doorstep". Business Insider. Archived from the original on October 7, 2022. Retrieved September 20, 2022.
  2. ^ Shephard, Alex; Tomasky, Michael; Strauss, Daniel (September 20, 2022). "What If Ron DeSantis's Martha's Vineyard Stunt Wasn't Actually Good Politics?". The New Republic. ISSN 0028-6583. Retrieved October 1, 2022.
  3. ^ Watkins, Morgan (September 21, 2022). "Mitch McConnell: Ron DeSantis 'helped' migrants with his Martha's Vineyard stunt". The Courier-Journal. Archived from the original on August 14, 2023. Retrieved September 26, 2022.