Wait, so DeSantis is paying big money to fly TEXAS migrants to Martha's Vinyard?

So this confirms to me that this is all a show, because apparently Florida did not have 50 of their own migrants to send. So, all this whining from Florida about people seeking asylum is a load of crap. DeSantis and right wing media are manufacturing a problem to get people all whipped up .

If I was a Florida tax payer, I would be quite pissed off.

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ElwoodBlues · M

Here are images of the fake brochures DeSantis provided

One Venezuelan migrant, who spoke to CNN on the condition of anonymity for fear of negative impacts on their immigration case, shared images of the brochure. They said migrants were told that the brochure had information on the assistance they would receive in Massachusetts, but they were not told about the differences in programs for refugees and asylum seekers.

Migrants are, in many cases, asylum seekers, not refugees. Refugees apply for protection overseas and are admitted through the refugee admissions program, whereas asylum seekers apply within the United States.

It's a little known fact that many color printers include a practically invisible "fingerprint" in faint yellow ink. This makes it much easier to catch various kinds of forgers and forgeries.

So if somebody in, say, the Fla Gov's office created a brochure and printed 50 copies on, say, a home printer, the FBI might be able to identify and locate that printer and its owner.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@ElwoodBlues Smart thinking man, that one. So concerned and genuinely interested in the welfare of the migrants, he provided detailed information including all the big words. To non-English speakers. This from a guy who comes from a state that translates even billboards. The only thing translated into Spanish were the empty promises.

Incidentally, this is absolutely a shoddy piece of last-minute CYA. Find out who did this and get them to talk.

ElwoodBlues · M

@Graylight DeSantis is no dummy. He was part of an elite military unit, then attended elite schools. Odd successor to Trump though, because DeSantis has zero business experience and has spent practically his whole working career on a gov't payroll - mostly as a professional politician.

Graylight · 51-55, F

@ElwoodBlues His education and military service here are a joke. He never engaged in combat of any kind and any awards that were granted he earned in a courtroom. He's a resume-padder.
https://floridaphoenix.com/2018/10/15/what-is-and-isnt-known-about-ron-desantiss-navy-career-records-provide-a-glimpse/

Education? The man skated through college and is probably very book smart, but either his brain of his prejudices make him into a aggressive idiot. When conservatives talk of Florida and the crazy/evil/ugly/nasty stuff that comes from there, they'd do well to remember they're trying to export our biggest failure.

SW-User

@ElwoodBlues your desperate grasp for ANYTHING to delude you and your horrible bunch's demise is most beautiful!

ElwoodBlues · M

@SW-User Please enlighten us - where's the alleged delusion??

And how does one delude a 'demise'???

SW-User

@ElwoodBlues The proof is on you hockey helmet boy. You are trying to spread desperate and meaningless bullshit

ElwoodBlues · M

@SW-User So now human trafficking is meaningless?? Or only meaningless when done by a prominent republican??

BTW,

The proof is on you

What does that even mean? Is it connected to a deluded "demise"?? Is English really your first language???

Tallahassee-based immigration attorney Elizabeth Ricci explains there's a "good faith argument" to be made that luring the migrants onto planes with the promise of jobs makes them crime victims. And that means they could automatically qualify for a visa, she said.

"An enticement like that, regardless of whether you sign a waiver, is fraud and that is part of the definition of human trafficking," Ricci explains. "I think that everybody on those planes has a case to legalize as a direct result of being transported by the governor."

SW-User

@ElwoodBlues Human Traffiking!😅😆😄😂😃

marke · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues

So if somebody in, say, the Fla Gov's office created a brochure and printed 50 copies on, say, a home printer, the FBI might be able to identify and locate that printer and its owner.

Are you saying brochures that say Massachusetts will welcome immigrants and provide them with support are lying?

ElwoodBlues · M

@marke I'm saying those particular brochures made particular false promises. I'm basing my statement on the statements of a lawyer. Here, I'll quote her again:

BTW, have you noticed how much the taxpayers of Florida paid to put those 48 people on planes and fly them to MV? One payment of about $600K ("Project 1") and another of $900K ("Projects 2 & 3")!! That works out to over $30,000 per person to fly them from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard!!! And those people weren't even in Florida to begin with!!!! Real good use of Florida's taxpayer dollars, wouldn't you say??

marke · 70-79, M

@ElwoodBlues

I'm saying those particular brochures made particular false promises. I'm basing my statement on the statements of a lawyer. Here, I'll quote her again:

Tallahassee-based immigration attorney Elizabeth Ricci explains there's a "good faith argument" to be made that luring the migrants onto planes with the promise of jobs makes them crime victims. And that means they could automatically qualify for a visa, she said.

"An enticement like that, regardless of whether you sign a waiver, is fraud and that is part of the definition of human trafficking," Ricci explains. "I think that everybody on those planes has a case to legalize as a direct result of being transported by the governor."

BTW, have you noticed how much the taxpayers of Florida paid to put those 48 people on planes and fly them to MV? One payment of about $600K ("Project 1") and another of $900K ("Projects 2 & 3")!! That works out to over $30,000 per person to fly them from San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard!!! And those people weren't even in Florida to begin with!!!! Real good use of Florida's taxpayer dollars, wouldn't you say??

I am more impressed by Governor DeSantis's legal credentials as a Harvard law graduate than by biased opinions uttered by Ricci, a Barry University graduate.

I suspect De Santis spent a few million dollars in efforts to draw attention to the immigration crisis costing US taxpayers more than $300 billion dollars each year with sharp increases in costs expected in the years ahead.