This past Monday, a group of Senior Florida officials stated that the group of illegal migrants who were flown out to Martha’s Vineyard this past week had been effectively “wandering homeless along the border” prior to being relocated to one of the self-labeled sanctuary cities.
This news comes to light in the wake of Governor Ron DeSantis (R-FL) chartered two planes to land in Martha’s Vineyard as part of “the state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations,” explained an official for the office of the governor this past week.
While speaking to the press concerning background this week, senior officials in Florida stated that the illegal aliens were “wandering homeless along the border” when they were given the offer of a “better life” out in one of the sanctuary cities.
“So the groups in Texas that we’ve identified, the majority if not all of the individuals that originated in Texas and ended up on the flight to Martha’s Vineyard were indeed homeless, hungry, sleeping outside in parking lots,” explained the officials. “Many have been in a shelter at some point previously and had been kicked out, did not have a place to go, and essentially were wandering homeless along the border.”
“During the flights, individuals were given bags with snacks, with water and other provisions and information taken from the Massachusetts website that talks about benefits that are available in a sanctuary state,” the officials went on. “These were homeless people that were in a rough situation and undoubtedly had their circumstance improved. In fact, several have already communicated their thanks for the opportunity to go to the sanctuary state.”
Bexar County Sheriff Javier Salazar, a Democrat, issued an announcement this past Monday that his office plans to kick off an investigation into the recent flights, although he failed to name any suspects and even admitted that he could not even name a law that could have been broken.
Salazar made the claim that the migrants were “lured” into taking the flight and being relocated, even though one publication in Florida issued a report stating that they had gotten ahold of one of the pamphlets handed out to the illegal immigrants that explained that Massachusetts was where they were being relocated to.
“That does tend to bother me quite a bit,” expressed Salazar. “And so we are absolutely opening up an investigation into this.”
“I believe people need to be held accountable for it to the extent possible,” he stated. “At this point, I’m not able to definitively say here’s the statute that they broke either federal, state or local. But what I can tell you is it’s wrong just from a human rights perspective, what was done to these folks is wrong.”
