The roughly 50 migrants who were sent by plane to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts by Florida’s governor this week were transported to a military base Friday to receive shelter and humanitarian support, officials said. The migrants willingly boarded buses Friday morning — arranged by state and local government — that took them from Martha’s Vineyard to Joint Base Cape Cod, officials said. The migrants had been flown to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday by Florida Gov. Martha’s Vineyard had not been expecting the group, and DeSantis’ move was sharply denounced by the White House, migrants’ advocates and Democratic officials. Some of these migrants were sent to Martha’s Vineyard even though they have immigration hearings scheduled that are nowhere near Massachusetts, the group said.

Source: CNN September 16, 2022 17:56 UTC