So much for the “open community” that lets everyone in, loves everyone, and donates spare empty guest houses to those in need.
Not only did Martha’s Vineyard not make room for the 50 migrants relocated there from Florida, but they have now deported them by bus to a military base on Cape Cod. They are the same people who preach about letting anyone and everyone enter the country through an open border but didn’t have the humanity in themselves to house and help 50 people for more than 24 hours.
The message was loud and clear, the migrants were not welcome in Martha’s Vineyard:
The 50 migrants have been put on buses by Gov. Charlie Baker to travel the 32 miles to Joint Base in Cape Cod (JBCC) just 48 hours after they landed in the billionaire’s enclave.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis flew in the immigrants from Venezuela on Wednesday, sparking a widespread cry of outrage from the liberal leaders of the small island in Massachusetts.
It was declared a humanitarian emergency, with the island leaders responding in the same way as a hurricane.
Lisa Belcastro, a homelessness director in the area said on Thursday that the island cannot support the migrants – where the median home price is nearly $1m- because it is facing a shortage of affordable housing.
The median house in Martha’s Vineyard is worth almost $800,000, according to the census, and the median household income is $77,370 – well above the national average of $67,521.
She told reporters that at ‘some point they have to move somewhere else’, because the island is suffering from a ‘housing crisis’.
There’s even a video of migrants being deported from Martha’s Vineyard and put onto busses toward Cape Cod. Will media commentators accuse local offices of engaging in kidnapping, human trafficking, or exploiting people? Not a chance.
HAPPENING NOW: Migrants, flown into Martha’s Vineyard by Fl’s governor, are boarding buses. They’ll be heading to Joint Base Cape Cod, according to officials. 125 Mass National Guard members are being activated to assist. @NBCNews pic.twitter.com/RLwxNPu8GM
— Emilie Ikeda (@EmilieIkedaNBC) September 16, 2022
The irony here is too thick to even cut with a knife. The community of Martha’s Vineyard prides itself in housing the rich and famous and offering the highest quality virtue signaling possible when it comes to joining progressive causes. The city is even adorned with this sign upon entering:
Maybe they do “stand with immigrants” and refugees, but not if those immigrants are literally “standing” on the street corner in the middle of town. They stand with them from afar by offering Tweets of support and making donations, not by absorbing 50 people into their town and offering up places to live.
In a way, red state governors like Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis have clearly won this battle by calling out and exposing the hypocrisy of the open borders crowd. They’re all fine with declaring themselves a “sanctuary city” if that means a handful of illegal aliens wander in now and then. They’re not OK with being sanctuaries for busloads of people dropped off every day, they’re not ready for it.
What Texas, Arizona, and Florida have done is drive home the fact that a secure southern border is in everyone’s best interest whether you live on the border or not. We simply cannot have hoards of people walking across every day. It doesn’t matter what their intentions are, they may be seeking a better life and want to contribute to the American economy. It doesn’t matter, they need support and help to do so and most localities and cities simply can’t bare the constant influx.
Maybe there should be daily plane loads of a few dozen dropped off in Martha’s Vineyard every single day to drive that point home until someone in the Biden administration decides it’s serious problem and Americans won’t stand for an open border.
