- Most of the migrants who have been flown to Martha’s Winery have been households, an area lawmaker mentioned.
- Massachusetts State Sen. Julian Cyr mentioned the migrants have been in pursuit of a “higher life.”
- Dozens of migrants have been flown to Martha’s Winery in a transfer deliberate by Florida Gov. DeSantis.
Most of the asylum-seeking migrants flown to the Massachusetts island of Martha’s Winery by Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis have been members of the family in pursuit of a “higher life,” an area lawmaker informed Insider on Wednesday.
Among the many 49 principally Venezuelan migrants, who have been taken to the upscale coastal enclave from Texas final week, have been 27 “household models,” Massachusetts State Sen. Julian Cyr mentioned, explaining that some pairs and teams have been brothers or cousins.
The vast majority of the migrants have been males of their 20s and 30s, mentioned the Democratic politician. The group included six youngsters, he mentioned.
One migrant, a 26-year-old programs engineer, traveled to america along with his two brothers from Venezuela, mentioned Cyr.
“These are folks attempting to make a greater life,” mentioned Cyr who personally spoke to a number of of the immigrants after DeSantis had them flown on two chartered planes to Martha’s Winery unannounced final week, sparking a political firestorm.
Cyr mentioned that Venezuela is “a failing regime beneath a communist dictatorship.” The migrants, Cyr mentioned, spoke “about how they’re fleeing that regime for alternative, for democracy.”
“I believe we have to proceed to remind everybody concerned that we’re speaking about human beings and to see human beings, susceptible, who have been lawfully in search of a greater life who have been used as political pawns,” Cyr mentioned.
A gaggle of the migrants on Tuesday filed a federal class motion go well with towards DeSantis and different state officers, alleging that they carried out a “scheme to defraud susceptible immigrants to advance a political motive.”
Attorneys representing a majority of the migrants have known as on state and federal prosecutors to open a felony probe into what they’ve known as a “shameful political stunt.”
The immigrants have since been relocated to a army base in Cape Cod, Massachusetts.
“This isn’t about discovering options to immigration,” Cyr, who represents Martha’s Winery, informed Insider. “That is a few political stunt on the expense of susceptible folks — that is disgusting. That is un-American.”
