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Former President Barack Obama and several other prominent Democrats who own homes on Martha’s Vineyard question whether they will open the homes to provide comfort to illegal immigrants sent to the island by Republican governors. I am silent about
The former president’s representatives have spoken to Fox News Digital multiple times about whether they are considering opening his sprawling 29-acre property on Martha’s Vineyard to illegal immigrants sent to the island or in the future. It did not respond to a request for comment.
Additionally, Fox News Digital reached out to representatives of prominent public supporters of President Biden, who own a home on Martha’s Vineyard, but did not receive a response.
Residents of Martha’s Vineyard include singer James Taylor, film director Spike Lee, and comedian David Letterman, all of whom are said to have homes on the island.
Biden says Republicans are “doing politics” after moving immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, the home of the vice president.
fox news digital Exclusively reported on Wednesday Republican Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two planes carrying 50 illegal immigrants to popular summer vacation spots among the wealthy elite, overwhelming many border towns and using up resources. It highlighted the record influx of illegal immigrants at its southern border.
“States like Massachusetts, New York, and California invited them to our country by designating them as ‘sanctuary states’ and encouraging illegal immigration by supporting the Biden administration’s open border policy. We will make caring for these individuals easier,” said DeSantis spokesperson Taryn. Fenske told her Fox News Digital.
Dukes County, made up of 11 islands off the coast of Massachusetts, is 99% populated by Martha’s Vineyard and will vote for President Biden in the 2020 election by a commanding margin of 77.7% to 20.6% for former President Trump. I voted.
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Biden carry all towns On the island from Aquinnah on the west coast, where he won 87.6% to 9.6%, to Edgartown, the main hub on the east coast, where he won 70.6% to 27.5%.
Former President Obama led Dukes County by 48 points in 2012 and 52 points in 2008.
Despite Democrats overwhelmingly voting for compassionate and welcoming immigration policies, Martha’s Vineyard quickly turned against DeSantis, released statement He called the situation a “humanitarian crisis” and mobilized the National Guard.
Social media conservatives were quick to point out that many of the various celebrities living on the island voted for the current president and live in large mansions.
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Former Trump adviser Stephen Miller tweeted that “Obama’s facilities alone could easily accommodate thousands of illegal immigrants with cots, trailers and tents.” . “Americans were forced to sleep in stadiums and makeshift FEMA shelters during actual natural disasters (not illegal immigration for economic gain).”
Several locals on the island also urged Obama to open his home to immigrants, including crime novelist Jane Chitik, who suggested former President Obama didn’t care about their plight.
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“I don’t think people like the Obamas with huge real estate who live here in the summer don’t care[about immigration],” Chitik said. told the New York Post“I would love to see the Obamas open up vast tracts of land, build tents and take care of all these people in the process.”
Two days after their arrival, the 50 migrants were loaded onto buses and taken from Martha’s Vineyard to military housing on the mainland of Cape Cod.
Conservatives were quick to accuse the Democrats, especially the Biden administration, of hypocrisy.
“National Guard dispatched to stop 50 illegal immigrants interfering with liberal golf game and Chardonnay on Martha’s Vineyard,” tweeted Republican Senator Ted Cruz. “Biden is doing nothing to deal with the 4.2 million illegal immigrants who have flooded a small town in Texas. Biden doesn’t care.”
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Conservative commentator Michael Knowles said, “Only 50 illegal immigrants entered Martha’s Vineyard, and within 48 hours wealthy liberal residents had rounded them up and sent them off to military bases.
In 2014, President Obama referred to the practice of welcoming immigrants to the beach as central to the American way of life.
“America has always been a country of immigrants,” the former president said at the naturalization ceremony for military personnel and military spouses. and came to our shores, and all of us, unless we’re Native American, have ancestors who were born somewhere else, and that’s what makes America special. It’s what makes America special.It’s what makes us strong.The basic idea of welcoming immigrants to our shores is central to the way we live.It’s in our DNA. I have.
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Martha’s Vineyard, where Obama bought property in 2019, is one of the least diverse places in the United States, with a population of 88.1% white and 90.3% American-born. Data published in 2019.
The 50 immigrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard represent a tenth of the 1% of the nearly 5 million illegal immigrants believed to have crossed the southern border since President Biden took office in January 2021. less than.
there was more than ever 2 million encounters with immigrants The 50 illegal immigrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard represent only 0.0025% of that number. Many of them will be returned under a Title 42 public health order or otherwise by Border Patrol, but a significant number will be released to the United States and if awaiting an asylum hearing, it will take him up to eight years. there is. It also doesn’t include the hundreds of thousands who slipped through agents known as “fugitives.”
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So far this year, more than 500,000 immigrants have been released to the United States by Border Patrol on their own approval (called notices of appearance) along with a court date, or paroled to the United States and placed in custody, according to CBP statistics. Registered for alternative measures (ATD). This stat does not include his final two months of FY22.
Border towns often face surges in these numbers as immigrants come across in large groups. Fox News reported Wednesday that hundreds of migrants gathered under a bridge in El Paso, Texas, on the same day that 50 migrants flew to Martha’s Vineyard. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) told Fox he was releasing migrants because they were overcrowded near El Paso shelters and bus stations. The mayor of El Paso told Fox News last week that there are between 1,000 and 1,400 immigrants a day.
Conservatives on Twitter mocked the wealthy elite of Martha’s Vineyard for their objections to caring for 50 immigrants, while suggesting that a border town in Texas with significantly less wealth would adapt to the influx of immigrants. seems to be expecting
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Lisa Belcastro, homeless coordinator at Martha’s Vineyard, said this week after migrants arrived on the island, “We don’t have a service to care for 50 migrants, and we certainly don’t have housing.” We don’t have. “We can’t have everyone who lives here and works here live here.”
Columnist Derek Hunter was one of many conservatives who challenged Belcastro’s claims, tweeting, “Add 50 illegal immigrants and a prosperous liberal utopia becomes a Thunderdome. But they all claim the border states eat millions of people.”
The Biden administration has lashed out at DeSantis’ move to send illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard as an “illegal act.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday, “What they are doing is an illegal stunt and a political stunt.” And it’s just disrespectful to humanity. It doesn’t give them any dignity to leave their families and children behind for the rest of their lives.
Jean-Pierre added, “This is just cruelty, it’s not about the process, it’s really about the political tool or political stunt they’re trying to move forward.”
Fox News’ Adam Shaw contributed to this report.