who is scheduled to hold that press conference in less than 30 minutes. now to one of the reasons we re here in arizona. the migrant humanitarian crisis at the southern border. roughly 160 miles from where we are this morning. u.s. and customs and border patrol says it arrested 231,000 migrants at the border last month. for the first time ever, the number of arrests of undocumented immigrants exceeded 2 million in one year. in an increasing number of migrants are coming from venezuela, cuba, nicaragua and haiti. places with authoritarian regimes with major human rights issues. doug ducey has joined his republican counterparts from texas and florida in sending migrants to other parts of the country. arizona has reportedly sent nearly 2,000 migrants to washington, d.c., since april. some of the migrants flown from texas to martha s vineyard, massachusetts, by florida governor ron desantis are now suing him, claiming they were victims of fraud. desantis responded in a statement
it takes a lot of effort. and even though some of them get funds from other organizations, the problem, you can see, it s growing and it s not going away. thank you very much for being with us this morning. joining me now is managing attorney for the border action team with refugee rights project. the group provides free legal and social services to migrants. thank you for being with us this morning. chelsea, the associated press published a piece on a new united nations report on human rights abuses in venezuela. independent experts, quote, working with the u.n. s top human rights body say venezuelan president personally ordered the detention of government opponents and critics who ended up suffering electric shocks, beatings, asphyxiation and other cruel acts while in custody. cuba and nicaragua has human