‘They Are Actually Thanking [DeSantis] for Having Brought Them to Martha’s Vineyard’

When a reporter on MSNBC states that the migrants in Martha’s Vineyard “are not angry at Ron DeSantis, they are actually thanking him for having brought them to Martha’s Vineyard, where they were very well received…”

… and when the Washington Post profiles a migrant and volunteer on the island and includes the detail that “some of the migrants would tell her it turned out to be un golpe de buena suerte — a stroke of good luck — that they had landed there” …

…it’s a sign that the entire outrage-driven mainstream news environment should pause and gather some information – including the perspective of the migrants! – before launching into yet another frenzied news cycle Ragnarok comparing Republican governors to Nazis.

Perhaps we shouldn’t be surprised that some, or perhaps many, of the migrants are happy to be relocated to the northeast. After you’ve traveled from Venezuela to the U.S. southern border, by foot, train or bus, risked being assaulted, exploited or worse by coyotes and bandits, only to end up in a dusty border town that doesn’t have enough medical or educational services or other resources, it is likely even a temporary shelter at Joint Base Cape Cod looks pretty good! Today in Cape Cod, it is 68 degrees and sunny. (In Texas, highs are still in the 90s today.) Three square meals, a roof over your head, and safety – for someone who’s been trying to get to America, that all looks like an improvement, or at least relief.

If the U.S. is going to have a porous and insufficiently guarded border, then the consequences and costs of that policy should be experienced nationwide, not just in the border states.