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The posh liberal enclave of Martha’s Vineyard has been thrown into chaos
by the arrival of two planeloads of migrants sent there by Florida Gov.
Ron DeSantis, according to local reports.

Roughly 50 migrants were flown to the famed Massachusetts island —
constituting what the local tourism board called a “humanitarian crisis’’ Thursday.

“This is an ongoing situation,’’ wrote a county emergency-management rep
in a statement, noting that local authorities “are actively collaborating
to develop a coordinated regional response.”

“We have reached out to our State and Federal partners for additional and
long term support and assistance.’’

Some local pols learned about the new arrivals during a Wednesday night meeting of the West Tisbury Select Board — with Town Administrator
Jennifer Rand saying she’d been receiving “furious texts” from residents,
the MV Times reported.

“I’m a little unclear about the situation, as is everybody, because
everybody is scrambling a bit,” Rand said.

Rand said the migrants were headed to the St. Andrews Church in Edgartown
and might be given short-term housing at the Martha’s Vineyard
Agricultural Society’s “Ag Hall.”

But that won’t work for long because it doesn’t have beds or showers, she
said, adding that feeding the migrants could be difficult, too, because
the Martha’s Vineyard Red Cross was “not participating” in the official response.

In a prepared statement Thursday, the Red Cross said it’s “been in contact
with local emergency management, and while we have not yet been asked to provide any local support, we stand ready to do that.”

Lisa Belcastro, the coordinator for the Martha’s Vineyard homeless
shelter, called the emergency housing arrangements for migrants a “stop-
gap.” She suggested they will eventually need to be moved to a different location.

“At some point in time they have to move from here to somewhere else,” Belcastro told local news outlets. “We cannot, we do not, have the
services to take care of 50 immigrants.”

She noted the island is already tight on housing.

“We’re in a housing crisis as we are on this island,” Belcastro said. “So
we don’t, we can’t, house everyone here that lives here and works here.”

One snarky Twitter user quipped, “A quick Air BNB search came up with 297
homes currently avaliable. I’m sure they have a lot of empty summer homes avalible.”

Beth Folcarelli, chief executive officer of Martha’s Vineyard Community Services, told the Vineyard Gazette that the migrants “came with folders
with a pamphlet with our information.”

“We don’t have refugee services, I had no idea about any of this,” she
said.

“I only found out because one of them gave me their folder.”

Local high-school senior Maria Sanchez Roa, who was born in Colombia, said
she was recruited to serve as an emergency translator.

“I was home watching Princess Diana videos when my mom burst through the
door and told me to go to the high school,” she said.

“I’m here because I’m a Hispanic kid who speaks Spanish.”

Martha’s Vineyard has long been a favored vacation spot for left-leaning celebrities and Democratic pols including former President Barack Obama,
who owns an $11.75 million estate where he celebrated his 60th birthday
with a blow-out party last year.

But former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo told Fox News that “I doubt
they’ll embrace” the migrants on Martha’s Vineyard.

“You know, these are all sanctuary cities until they’re in their
sanctuary,” he said Wednesday night on “Jesse Watters Primetime.”

Online responses to the reports about the migrant arrivals included
outrage from readers, including one who said, “Any blame lays at the feet
of President Biden.”

“Thousands of people pour into the country daily and the federal
government refuses to set any policy whatsoever other than the door is
wide open,” wrote Fred from Edgartown.

“What’s most amazing is that we have a serious humanitarian issue and the current administration has no idea what to do (anybody seen or heard from
the border czar? Still no root causes). Blaming over run governors of
border states who never claimed to be sanctuary havens is ignoring the problem.”

Eric, from Tisbury, called on Gov. Charlie Baker to “open up barracks” on nearby Cape Cod to house the migrants while the state figures out what to
do.

“We do not have enough housing for the people living here,” Eric said.

Helen from Vineyard Haven wrote, “Now I see why they want a new giant
school in Vineyard Haven and ASAP.”

“I have been in tears for weeks over our taxes in VH going through the
roof and worrying how to pay them, now this! I cant take much more, I
senior citizen, alone and I am a 7th generation island native on a very
fixed income,” Helen wrote.

Additional reporting by David Propper

TAGS: BARACK OBAMA FLORIDA FOX NEWS LIBERALS MARTHA'S VINEYARD MASSACHUSETTS MIGRANTS MIKE POMPEO RON DESANTIS 9/15/22

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