Refugees sent to Martha’s Vineyard

Locals don't seem to happy about it, funny that, isn't it? not on my doorstep

No.

No doubt it’ll fire up some Republicans, but it wasn’t cheeky, it was just scummy behaviour.

Unexpected, but only because it’s a new low.

Surely transporting illegal emmigrants across state lines would be a federal offence.

What hypocrisy? All I've seen them do is provide food, shelter, aid, legal counsel, etc.

Meanwhile: The people who flew them there under false pretense call themselves Christians.

No, and there’s no comparison between the two completely different and unrelated circumstances. We aren’t sending Ukrainian refugees anywhere, and this thread is about a US Republican politician who perpetrated a scummy act in the hope of currying favour with Republicans.

Thing is, the vast majority of Republicans aren’t scumbags, so his stupidity is likely to backfire as the vast majority of Republicans won’t appreciate his scumbaggery.

The migrants said a woman they identified as "Perla" approached them outside the shelter and lured them into boarding the plane, saying they would be flown to Boston where they could get expedited work papers. She provided them with food. The migrants said Perla was still trying to recruit more passengers just hours before their flight.

That is when a well-dressed woman who introduced herself as Perla handed him and about 30 other migrants gift cards for the fast-food restaurant, which they gladly accepted. Then she made an enticing offer: a free flight to a “sanctuary,” he recalled, where there were people to help them get on their feet. The place was called Massachusetts. Was that close to New York, Mr. Nazareth asked. She assured him that it was, and that onward travel would be available, if that is where he hoped to settle.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/15/us/marthas-vineyard-venezuela-migrants.html

Correction: they were lured with food.

I already demonstrated that your imagination is running away from the truth. See post above. TX and FL did not hijack the Customs and Border Patrol nor Immigration and Customs Enforcement.

And we can't let the dark side win.

Weaponising the dispossessed.

I don't follow?

I don't see why not?

That's not even the correct comparator for "back slapping" - are they going to be less motivated to ... not separate the kids from the family members? That would be the correct comparator.

They will also be given access to legal counseling.