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Holiday hotspot overrun with movie fans celebrating Jaws’ 50th anniversary

Martha’s Vineyard locals prepare for a massive surge in visitors as the shark thriller “Jaws” turns 50

The Independent UK

Big boats and killer beaches: On a Jaws journey through Martha’s Vineyard

On the fiftieth anniversary of the classic film, Robyn Wilson sinks her teeth into this shark-themed tour of New England

The Independent UK

Venezuelan migrants deceitfully taken to Martha's Vineyard from Texas could get U.S. visas as compensation

The event took place in 2022. They could get the benefit as a result of being "victims of crime"

Latin Times

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Federal Judge Allows Lawsuit To Proceed Against Company Transporting Migrants

Federal judge allows migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard by DeSantis to proceed with lawsuit against transport company. Residents and activists support mig...

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DeSantis has no respect for rule of law

Now the Florida governor is facing real problems — and potential legal jeopardy — over his reckless political stunt

Salon

Newsom: DeSantis "kidnapping" migrants

California Department of Justice investigating whether dozens of migrants were tricked into flying to Sacramento

Salon

Texas sheriff files criminal case over DeSantis flights to Martha’s Vineyard

Sheriff recommends charges over flights arranged by Florida governor to deport 49 South American migrants to wealthy island

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California's Newsom threatens Florida's DeSantis with kidnapping charges over migrant flights

"DeSantis you small, pathetic man," the California governor said as 2nd migrant flight in days arrived in Sacramento.

Axios

Editorial: On migrant flights, what is DeSantis hiding?

You can see why Gov. Ron DeSantis wants to prevent Floridians from learning more about the flights that took migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.

Orlando Sentinel

Before DeSantis could say he kicked migrants out of Florida, he had to pay to fly them in

MIAMI — Documents released this week by the aviation company that helped manage Florida’s $12 million migrant relocation program shed new light on behind-the-scenes dealings as the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, working with the politically connected vendor, wriggled around a requirement that Florida use the money to export Florida…

Miami Herald

Top DeSantis advisers played hands-on role in migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida’s public safety czar Larry Keefe was in San Antonio nearly two weeks before Gov. Ron DeSantis transported 48 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, and he may have traveled back to Florida with the migrants, records released late Friday suggest.

Orlando Sentinel

Ron DeSantis' Martha's Vineyard Stunt Might Help Migrants Stay in the U.S. on Special Visas

A Texas sheriff has certified that the migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard were the victims of a crime, which helps clear the way for them to apply for U visas.

Reason

Texas sheriff declares Martha's Vineyard migrants crime victims, paving way for special visas

It'll enable the migrants to obtain a special visa to stay in the U.S. they otherwise wouldn't have received.

Axios

LULAC files DOJ complaint urging investigation into migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

WASHINGTON — The League of United Latin American Citizens has filed a complaint with the Department of Justice, calling for investigation into the transit of migrants last month from San Antonio to Martha’s Vineyard, specifically the involvement of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who took credit for the move.

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The Independent UK

Last of migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard to leave shelter

The Massachusetts' governor's office says the last of dozens of migrants shipped to Martha’s Vineyard last month are set to depart temporary shelter at a military base on Cape Cod for transitional housing by the end of the weekend

Boston Herald

Migrants shipped to Martha’s Vineyard are leaving Joint Base Cape Cod

BOSTON — The dozens of migrants who were shipped to Martha’s Vineyard by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last month are expected to leave Joint Base Cape Cod this week.

Texas Observer

Racist Busing Rides Again

Moving migrants from Texas to Democratic strongholds is not new. The Reverse Freedom Rides of the 1960s hold lessons for activists of today.

The Independent UK

Migrant who recruited others for Martha’s Vineyard flights explains exactly how he was misled

Migrants were promised food, job to board the fligths, a recruiter unfamiliar with DeSantis’ political agenda told CNN

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The Guardian - US

‘They were preyed upon’: immigration lawyers denounce transport of migrants

Florida governor Ron DeSantis transported asylum seekers from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in ‘appalling’ political stunt

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: The best path to justice in DeSantis’ migrant-flight scandal

It’s becoming increasingly clear that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will have to answer for the dubious legality of his cruel stunt that dropped two state-funded planeloads of migrants on the Massachusetts resort community of Martha’s Vineyard. At the very least, he appears to have violated the boundaries of the state…

The Guardian - US

DeSantis portrays himself as champion of immigrants’ welfare after backlash

Florida governor now claims he was helping migrants find ‘greener pastures’ in Martha’s Vineyard

Axios

Where GOP governors are transporting migrants

A look at when GOP governors have transported migrants since the spring — and how those U.S. cities are responding.

Al Jazeera

Why Republican governors are relocating migrants across US

GOP defends push that rights groups denounce as political stunt ahead of midterm elections. What exactly is going on?

Salon

Ron DeSantis' genius plan goes sideways

Martha's Vineyard gambit looks worse every day — and down at Mar-a-Lago, an embattled orange man loves to see it

Orlando Sentinel

Editorial: The best path to justice in DeSantis’ migrant-flight scandal

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