Mitch Perry, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis and his office are now being sued by a government accountability group for failing to produce specific documents related to the state flying nearly 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Mass., last month. It’s the latest court action that has resulted since the state …
Read More »44 House Democrats Push Biden DOJ to Investigate DeSantis Over ‘Cruel Migrant Flights’
Jake Johnson, Common Dreams More than 40 House Democrats on Friday urged the Biden Justice Department to open an investigation into Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ inhumane scheme that transported dozens of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, alleging the Republican leader and other officials involved may have violated federal law. “Harrowing interviews …
Read More »Three Venezuelan Migrants Flown From Texas To Massachusetts Sue Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis
Stephen Neukam, The Texas Tribune Three Venezuelan migrants flown from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard last week filed a federal class action lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida officials Tuesday after the firebrand Republican’s move to transport migrants to a Democrat-controlled state sparked national controversy and a …
Read More »FL House Dems Urge GOP Leaders To Block Using Taxpayer Funds For Transporting Migrants
Issac Morgan, Florida Phoenix Florida Democrats in the state House on Monday questioned the legality of Gov. Ron DeSantis’ recent move that transported about 50 asylum seekers from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard and urged GOP leaders to stop using “inappropriate use of taxpayer dollars” for the operation that has sparked …
Read More »Second Bus With Migrants Arrives Outside Kamala Harris’ Residence
Matthew Watkins, The Texas Tribune A second bus of migrants sent from Texas arrived outside the residency of Vice President Kamala Harris on Saturday, continuing Gov. Greg Abbott’s policy of sending migrants from his state to target the Biden administration over its immigration policies. The bus arrived before daylight outside …
Read More »Fight Over Border Security Escalates After Governors Send Migrants To Kamala Harris’ Home, Martha’s Vineyard
Stephen Neukam, The Texas Tribune Gov. Greg Abbott’s state-funded program to bus migrants to cities run by Democrats reached a national fever pitch on Thursday, with buses dropping people off outside of Vice President Kamala Harris’ D.C. residence. What started in the spring as a publicity stunt to draw the …
Read More »‘Authoritarian’: Politicians, Advocates React To FL’s Transport Of Migrants To Mass.
Danielle J. Brown, Florida Phoenix Gov. Ron DeSantis took his bows Thursday for airlifting some 50 asylum seekers to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts the day before. The move triggered a furious response from Florida Democrats, immigrant advocacy groups, and members of Florida’s Hispanic community, some of whom saw the move …
Read More »Gov. Greg Abbott’s Migrant Busing Program Is What Asylum Advocates Wanted All Along
Stephen Neukam, The Texas Tribune As Gov. Greg Abbott expands his program to bus migrants into a third major metro, inciting a fresh feud with a new Democratic mayor, immigration rights experts say the Republican governor who is working to crack down on illegal immigration is actually establishing one of …
Read More »GOP Governors Bus Migrants to Blue Cities, but Many Exit in Red States
Since April, thousands of migrants have arrived by bus in New York City and Washington, D.C., sent north by Republican governors in Texas and Arizona as a political gambit to blame Democrats for the migrants’ presence in the country. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey have spent …
Read More »Gov. Greg Abbott Says Texas Is Now Busing Migrants To New York City
Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune Aug. 5, 2022 Gov. Greg Abbott announced Friday that Texas is now busing migrants from the Mexican border to New York City, the state’s latest confrontation with an East Coast city over the influx at the border. Abbott’s office said the first bus to New …
Read More »At Least 50 People Found Dead In Abandoned 18-Wheeler In San Antonio
By Jaden Edison and Patrick Svitek, The Texas Tribune SAN ANTONIO — A tractor-trailer found near Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio contained the bodies of 50 dead people, along with 16 others who have been taken to hospitals, according to local officials in San Antonio and Mexican President Andrés Manuel …
Read More »Here’s What You Need To Know About Title 42, The Pandemic-era Policy That Quickly Sends Migrants To Mexico
By Uriel J. García, The Texas Tribune April 29, 2022 For the past two years, the federal government has turned away migrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, including those who are seeking asylum, using a public emergency health order known as Title 42. It was launched by the Trump administration at …
Read More »Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s Plan To Bus Migrants To Washington, D.C., Will Be Voluntary
By James Barragán, The Texas Tribune April 6, 2022 Responding to the recent announcement that the Biden administration will lift a pandemic-era immigration policy that allows authorities to turn away migrants, Gov. Greg Abbott promised drastic, “unprecedented” action to curb what is expected to be a significant influx of migrants …
Read More »DHS To Step Up Deportation Flights For Haitian Migrants At Texas Bridge
The Department of Homeland Security said Saturday it would ramp up deportation flights for thousands of Haitian migrants who flooded into the Texas border city of Del Rio. The migrants who poured into the city, many Haitian, were being held in an area controlled by US Customs and Border Protection …
Read More »Federal Judge Blocks Texas Gov. Abbott’s Immigration Order
A federal judge on Tuesday temporarily blocked Texas Gov. Greg Abbott‘s controversial order prohibiting the ground transportation of migrants, ruling that it is likely to be found unconstitutional in a blow to Abbott’s immigration policy agenda. U.S. District Judge Kathleen Cardone in the Western District of Texas also ruled that …
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