Immigrants being shipped to Martha's Vineyard could do much worse. House should take money away from

[Samrob]

states doing this and increase Federal payments to states receiving these immigrants and make this a part of immigration reform.

While the GOP will use this to pit some blacks against immigrants, it should give them more reason to vote against Republicans.

Also, the states receiving these relocated immigrants should seek and be granted disaster relief.

This also should turn a fair number of pretty well-off men and women of all stripes against the GOP.

[SheltieLover]

1. Absolutely!

[Samrob]

2. These new immigrants will be ready next vacation season to provide good childcare and retail service

Most vacationers will find them to be great future citizens.

[seaglass]

6. This makes no sense. What are they supposed to do from Oct-Apr? I think it would be better

to provide options to locations where there is housing and year round employment. There are plenty of large and small cities in MA that I think would work.

I am on the Cape and while we need seasonal workers, this place is desolate Oct.-Apr. Businesses shut down not because there are no workers but because there are no customers.

[greatauntoftriplets]

9. + 1

[2naSalit]

10. And they need a little time to get their shit together!

After all they've been through, they need a safe place and some chill time to situate themselves. One season may not be sufficient.

[Samrob]

3. I'm thinking that blue-state schools ought to make the Spanish language mandatory and prepare

their students to like in a growing multicultural society that can speak to, understand, and talk circles around the hateful MAGAs.

[2naSalit]

11. +1

There should be a second language taught in all public schools. When I was in grade school, we were taught French because we were near Francophone Canada and there were a lot them in our state. The language education began in second grade. I had classes in French for five years there but we moved further away from the border and it was optional in jr high but there were three other languages offered through high school; French, German, Spanish, Latin.

You can also graduate with a doctoral degree in this country without ever learning a second language.

[Botany]

4. Good Christ they are human beings not props in some governors' agenda for political power.

This crap should turn off > 65 to 70 all Americans off to the GOP.

[MichMan]

5. If the Federal government allocated money to states receiving immigrants

wouldn't the vast majority of it go to border states like Texas and Arizona?

[LetMyPeopleVote]

8. When Florida used immigrants as pawns, Martha's Vineyard treated them like human beings.

Link to tweet

[2naSalit]

12. +1

[maxsolomon]

13. They're unlikely to stay on MV

They were sent there because that's where Obama vacations. It's trolling.

They'll go to Boston or Providence where there are services, housing, and jobs.

DeSantis is an asshole.

[sakabatou]

14. The states that shipped them to other states should be sued for human trafficking.