This isn't your blog bro. Uniformed opinions on travel go over there <---

Do I know you or is there some reason why you're posting like a complete douche towards me?

Maybe your transparently bad-faith posting has something to do with it?

Sounds like projection Trolly.

The problem is that if the governors were smart, they would read takes like those of QP TD and Roccoco, restrict the bussing to eager volunteers, and restrict the destinations to places that have good infrastucture. And if they did, the mayors of those new destinations would probably complain almost as loudly (even if they were compensated to the same degree that border states currently are). It may be a publicity stunt. But if done cleverly, would also probably succeed in getting a point across. that some people don't acknowledge.

You're posting uninformed and easily refutable opinions itt in an effort to defend blatantly immoral behavior, and responding to thoughtful replies (that you don't deserve imo) with gibberish. If you think calling this out is bad, that's a you problem

Edit: or what Trolly said

If you aren't going to pick them up then that implies true open borders, which I'm not sure any modern nation-state has ever had. Why do you think it is that no one has ever tried this?

I'll assume that these people who boarded the flight to Martha's Vineyard were if not outright lied to (and who knows there--- maybe someone said "it's near Boston" and it was taken to be Boston proper?) then they were spoken to disingenuously about what would be awaiting them when they arrived-- which is obviously wrong but fortunately it's not something that is going work for very long at all

Great idea

These 50 Venezuelans were legal asylum seekers waiting for their claims to be processed. It’s perfectly legal for them to be here and there was no reason for DeSantis to pick them up.

Even countries with closed borders let in refugees.

So the expected number of migrants coming into the USA is projected to be close to 2 million in 2022 and that does not include the ones that make it across and are not caught.

What would the state of Texas get from the Federal Government to process and house these people in $$$ If anything at all

What would you suggest you do with all these people as they await their hearings that may take years and may never show up?

I wonder how many volunteers you would get if you told them exactly what you were doing and why you were doing it.

https://www.capecodtimes.com/story/n...e/10396237002/

They are on their way to Cape Cod. They're probably going to end up making out better with all the publicity which is the ironic part about all this moral wrangling here

The horror. Venezuelans are great people and I've gotten to know a lot of them from travelling South America. They're going to be fine in the US or at least better off than the ones in tent cities in Colombia.

For better or worse, many major U.S. cities have run homeless relocation programs for decades. Those programs basically amount to a free bus to ticket to wherever. The relocations help some people, but there are plenty of very legitimate complaints as well. And some cities require people who accept bus tickets to acknowledge that they will be ineligible for support services if they return.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-country-study

The question is 'who is sending that message' as I am sure Trump factions would be very happy to send it prior to the midterms. Would it surprise anyone if they are paying an army of 'coyote types' to tell people the time is now and then arranging travel for them?

Re the Chicago mayor, I have no knowledge of that. But I will offer an educated guess that if they 'quietly did send migrants elsewhere' it was all arranged and not a surprise and it was because they were prepared for them and had the services to help. The right wing talking point would be try and make that a 'whataboutism' ignoring all of that and just pretending it is somehow equivalent because they shipped them.

I personally do not see it as wrong, if Texas and Florida demanded of the Fed and other States to share the load more, where it made sense and to ship them as arranged.

If people were smarter generally they would ALL read my takes! :}}}

While I agree with you that would be the better National Strategy, and one that could even maybe garner them support amongst the more moderate and independent voters, this for DeSantis and Abbott is a pure base play.

the one thing the Trump base has rewarded and shown they have a blood lust for is cruelty with little purpose. Cruelty just because you can. As long as it is pointed at the right 'others'.


So we see a litany of Trumpist in the primaries all trying to out cruel and crazy one another to get the base vote, and we are going to continue to see these two governors and anyone else hoping Trump falls and they can inherit Trumps base to win the GOP Primaries for POTUS.

This was DeSantis firing a shot across Abbott's bow, to ensure he does not make headway with the base with his 'deportation' stuff, and to ensure the base see DeSantis still leads in the 'deplorable' category.


Gotta nip those upstarts in the bud before they take root!

If it does end up that they end up better off and better taken care of in Massachusetts, should DeSantis send more?

Ignoring the obviously patronizing “taken care of,” how these people wind up faring does not make it okay for DeSantis to dupe people into being used as human props.

Lol. How is that patronizing? You realize they've been living at a church right? And the Bolivar won't get you too far in Caracas let alone Martha's Vineyard.

And no I don't think it justifies it although I do think that's a debatable question.

How people are treated in Caracas has no bearing on the morality of DeSantis’s publicity stunt. You’re smart enough to know this.

Learn to read.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.cnn...nts/index.html

Such cruelty. Had they made it to Boston it would be so much better for them.

In Boston everyone gets a car, a job, and a place to live instantly upon arrival. Whereas in Martha's Vineyard they have to rely on individuals donating stuff and sleeping in a church.

Is definitely not right wing LB stanning for DeSantis?

No way!

Not stanning for DeSantis-- I'm making fun of people like you.

I read it wasn't even a direct flight to Massachusetts. That's really where the cruelty has to be. And the in flight movie was awful.