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Tiny village votes for 'independence' from UK amid asylum seeker row

22 points · 41 comments · Danhale93

rapsey · 1789563152 · focus · HN ↗
Much like the residents of Martha's Vinyard, I am sure all have been very progressive, until it was time to have migrants in their back yards.
1. mcphage · 1789569264 · focus · HN ↗
  > until it was time to have migrants in their back yards
  How did the migrants get to Martha's Vineyard?
  1. rapsey · 1789571479 · focus · HN ↗
    <a href="https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/16/migrants-marthas-vineyard-cape-cod-00057247" rel="nofollow">https://www.politico.com/news/2022/09/16/migrants-marthas-vi...
    They were of course removed from the community swiftly.
    mcphage · 1789584543 · focus · HN ↗
    From your link:
    > Although their travel to Massachusetts was facilitated by DeSantis, the migrants who arrived on Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday came from Texas. The DeSantis administration paid an aviation company, Vertol Systems Company Inc., $615,000 to transport the migrants from San Antonio to the exclusive vacation enclave.
    So Florida spent $615,000 to pick up some people from Texas and dump them on an island in Massachusetts?
    ...and you imagine that this makes the people in Massachusetts look bad?
    Yeah. I don't know what to tell you, dude.
    rapsey · 1789621559 · focus · HN ↗
    Nice straw man you have there.

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