Lets go outfront. Good evening. Ou a cruel political stunt, those are the words from the white house after the Florida Governor ron desantis sent two planes full of migrants to the wealthy enclave of Marthas Vineyard. What they are doing is a political stunt, and its its really just disrespectful to humanity. It doesnt afford them dignity. It is just cruel. So heres what happened. 50 migrants, including children, arrived at the vacation destination with no warning, according to local officials. Planes just and landed thats who got off. Local leaders say theyre now trying to move heaven and earth to provide the families with food, clothing, and shelter. They have nothing. Its a challenge for an island that has only one Homeless Shelter with room for only ten people. As for governor ron desantis, he is proudly taking credit for this. We are not a sanctuary state, and its better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction. And yes, we will help facilitate that transport for you to go to greener pastures. Facts matter here, whether or not florida is a sanctuary state, these migrants didnt come from florida, so they werent seeking sanctuary there at all. The Migrants Desantis flew to massachusetts were not florida. He had to go to texas to find them. So the Texas Governors Office says they werent involved in the initial planes. Initial was their word to marthas yard. This could be just the beginning. Okay, according to officials in massachusetts, the migrants were promised jobs and housing before they left. In reality, they were left in a parking lot. Some of them even had Text Messages from people who went by just one name promising them a job and other things that they got on the plane. Theres a lot here to unpack, but the move by desantis is a clear escalation of what republican governors have been doing for months. Since the beginning of the year, Texas Governor greg abbott bussed 8,000 migrants to washington, d. C. , and 2,500 to new york city. 600 to chicago. The Arizona Governor doug ducey bussed more than 1,800 migrants to the nations capital. Its forcing democrats like new york citys mayor jerome adams to admit that he needs help. Adam saying quote in this reality where we expect more, the city system is nearing its breaking point. Of course we should note if you live in those states in the south, theyve had about 1 million over the past eight months come over the border. So it is a reality that they live every day. In washington, d. C. , today over 100 migrants were dropped off outside Vice PresidentKamala Harris home in another political move. Mayor Muriel Bowser asked for the National Guard to step in twice. Each time she was denied. Bowser saying today her city is not equipped to handle the influx of migrants. Were not a border town. We dont have an infrastructure to handle this type of level of immigration to our city. Miguel marquez begins our coverage in Marthas Vineyard tonight. You had a chance to speak to people there. What have you learned about the situation . Reporter yeah, look, two parts. The people here in Marthas Vineyard are stepping up. I want to show you whats happening right now. Lawyers whove been chatting with the immigrants there, they are giving a very brief sort of preview of what theyve heard today so that in the days ahead, maybe a day or two, most of the people who are here in Marthas Vineyard tonight will be on to other locations. This man was in san antonio, texas, yesterday, along with 50 other venezuelan migrants. Today hes in Marthas Vineyard. When you got off the plane, i asked him, what did you think of this place . Beautiful, gorgeous. The people are friendly. In texas he was promised help if he got on the plane. No idea where he was going. There were three options, he says, washington, utah, here in massachusetts, whatever was available. The plane left and brought us here. Its a tactic weve seen in texas, arizona, and now florida. Republican governors shipping migrants to socalled Sanctuary Cities and states with little to no notice. Theres no low that these people will go. Theyll keep going lower and lower, and theyre willing to use humans, children, women, families as political pawns for their own gain. It is depraved, it is evil, it is wrong. But what makes America Great is what we see here today, which is an Island Community and a The State Of Massachusetts is helping people here. Reporter this mechanic from venezuela says hes been welcomed on the island. He says he made a difficult month and a half long journey for liberty, democracy, and the promise of america. [ speaking spanish ] when you step on american soil, you feel at ease that youre here and well protected. You lose the stress of the journey we had to go through in seven countries. Very stressful across all of central america. This parish house bustling with activity. Volunteers and organizers working since yesterday to provide food, shelter, and immigration services. We got the bodies to do this. The biggest problem was the short notice. Reporter right. That was obviously intentional. Reporter just 20 minutes notice stays airport manager, a deliberate move by Florida Governor ron desantis who is taking credit for the surprise trip. Our message is, you know, were not a sanctuary state. We dont have benefits or any of that. There are some sanctuary jurisdictions, and that would be better. Reporter but that message not sitting well with officials here in Marthas Vineyard. Were going to come together and support whoever shows up here. And were going to make sure that people have the food, water, and shelter that they need. You know, ron desantis and republicans might want to play political games with peoples lives. I believe thats incredibly inhumane to be using women and children and families as a political pawn. Reporter now, what theyre talking about here, these are lawyers whove been meeting with immigrants here throughout the day and what theyre saying is that across the board these individuals were lied to, were sold sort of a bill of goods in texas and brought here to massachusetts to Marthas Vineyard without them knowing where they were going. And of course, as you mentioned, the grand sort of bizarreness of this is that these were not immigrants who were in florida. They were in texas and moved here for ron desantis own purposes at the same time a bus from texas showed up at the Vice President s home in washington, d. C. So my guess is well see a lot more of this. Right, obviously. Back to the words from governor abbotts office, they didnt know about these initial planes, iniinitial being the modifier that matters. I want to go to Democratic State representative julian sear. Youre there and you just heard miguels reporting about what these migrants are saying. They were told that they would be going somewhere else. They were told that they would have jobs. They were told a lot of things that are not true. What do you have to say to Governor Desantis tonight . I mean, this was a cruel ruse, erin, that manipulated families, vulnerable families who were seeking a better life. You know, i just was im just down the street from you. You can hear the crickets. Marthas vineyard is a welcome community. We have worked so hard to make sure that we are treating these migrants, mostly venezuelan migrants with dignity and respect. But this is not about if this were about sort of alleviating capacity at border towns or helping migrants seeking a better life, you dont do it by essentially, you know, a surprise, unannounced transport, right . Massachusetts actually has participated in borderrelated efforts, i think, back to a number of years ago when massachusetts actually assisted under governor patrick, working with the federal government to help Unaccompanied Minors at the border. This is a shameless political stunt, and its preying on Vulnerable People who are simply looking for a better life and who in many ways these are all venezuelans, you know. You could argue that theyre coming for a better life from a political perspective as well given the really abusive maduro environment in venezuela. So what happens next . I want to just hone in on what we heard from governor abbotts office, that they had no knowledge of these initial planes. Are there more coming . Do you have any idea whats happening here . So we dont know. Actually, Governor Desantis is claiming credit for this. Theres real questions as to who actually financed these planes. When you talk to the migrant families, its clear that they were in san antonio, they were approached by a woman named pearla who promised them expedited work permits, housing, a real orchestrated, manipulative campaign, even to the extent when the planes landed in Marthas Vineyard, there was no notice to officials or anyone in massachusetts. But they went out of the way to make sure that there was a camera capturing the images of these migrants deplaenning in Marthas Vineyard. This is a very cruel, shameless political stunt at the expense of Vulnerable People. Senator, where do they go . Miguel is saying there are arrangements being made, but obviously they are in the country illegally. What are you going to do for them . What happens here . We moved to set up a shelter akin to what we would do in a hurricane or noreaster. This is a small rural community, especially in the off season. 20,000 yearround residents. The current shelter is only going to work for another day or two. Theres been extensive conversations in massachusetts, dusting off the playbook we used for Unaccompanied Minors, and i expect well hear more. Governor baker mentioned looking at Joint Base Cape Cod which is not terribly far from Marthas Vineyard. Its a 45minute ferry ride and then a relatively short ride. That may be an option that we see to support not only these folks, also questions about other migrants who come to the state. I heard from colleagues in boston about a number of haitian migrants whove been coming on buses. This is something were working more broadly to respond to, but i think we also have to really push back and say this is unacceptable, this is unamerican to be exploiting human lives, vulnerable human lives for political gain. Senator cyr, appreciate your time. Thank you very much. Thank you so much. We know the latest as he understands it there, he represents Marthas Vineyard. David urban, republican strategist and former Trump CampaignSenior Adviser along with van jones, our political commentator and Special Adviser to president obama. I want to start with the man we heard in miguels report. He didnt know where he was going and then you heard what the state senator cyr said. There was a woman named pearla. Some of these migrants had texts from her promising expedited work work papers and jobs if they got on this plane. Obviously that is not the situation and nobody involved thought that would be the situation. Yet here they are. Do you agree with what Governor Desantis did here . So erin, i cant speak to the specifics here. I dont know anything more than what i just heard. Im not prepared to condemn or praise either case. What i am prepared to talk about, though, is the overwhelming crisis at our southern border. At the end of this fiscal year, at the end of september there will be over 2 million Illegal Immigrants crossing the southern border, an alltime record. Thats a direct result of the Biden Administrations failed immigration policy. Their own customs and Border Patrol lead said under oath at a Deposition On July 28th the Biden Administrations noconsequences policy is directly responsible for the surge. You heard earlier today you saw Muriel Bowser talking about how its cruel, all these things are cruel, the city is not prepared. How about the City Of El Paso . Do you think el paso is prepared for 1,000 immigrants crossing over a day . So the problem is the Biden Administrations lack of policy which is allowing and luring these immigrants across the border into a nation thats ill prepared to do it. Van, to what davids saying, this is now the lead on National Television and its the lead on National Television because of what desantis did. Does that have any benefit . Look, theres no excuse for tricking people, trapping people, traumatizing people who have come to the United States. Human beings. Human beings. Theres a way to deal with this. I have a deal of sympathy for the folks in border towns. But if you want to deal with it, theres something called the National Governors association. Desantis could call them. Its a Bipartisan Group and they could coordinate this and say, listen, were full, we cant handle anymore. You coordinate it. You do it in a way thats responsible and make sure your fellow governors and fellow officials can handle it. You ambush people by dumping human beings in front of a place where theres no services. That is a stunt. Youre trying to make a point. Youre not trying to solve a problem. So i think its literally despicable what theyre doing. What do you think about that, trying to make a point, not trying to solve a problem . Isnt that what desantis did . He went to another state to get them to put them into a third state. Erin, fair criticism. But what i would like to hear van say is that the Biden Administration has failed to do anything. The immigration czar, the Vice President , has yet to visit the border. Theres a Border Crisis in america. Fentanyl is streaming across the border. People are dying in record numbers, and the administration has not gone, the president hasnt gone. Go, make a stand. Dont be in the rose garden with james taylor singing songs. Go to the border and fight the war. Its laughable that the administration is now indignant. Let me say a couple things. I know a stunt or photo opportunity is something conservatives have been calling for, but the thing is governoring by photo op and stunt is not going to solve the problem. Its not by dumping people here or go to a photo op there. You come up with real solutions. The problem is that the Republican Party has not put forward any solutions. Theyre demagoguing the issue. Its horrible for people. Im willing to work with anybody on any issue at any time. But this is not the way you do it. Van, im not condemning you, van. Im not disparaging you. But i remember Democrats Demagoguing Kids in cages for months and months and months. I remember the Vice President going and standing outside the facility and demagoguing. Now she has an opportunity to make a difference, and shes not even visiting the border. Its despicable. Heres the thing. What they didnt do was to dump those kids out in front of services where theres no services. They didnt ambush officials. Heres the deal. If it were your kid, your family member, me or you, getting tricked and then trapped and then traumatized in a completely different country, in a city you thought something good was going to happen and now something bad is going to happen, you wouldnt think it was cute or funny or fair. I am incredibly they made their point. Wheres the followup or leadership . If desantis wants this problem solved, stunts is not the way to do it. I would call upon the Biden Administration. If they want to open the door to this conversation, i hope biden brings all the governors in and they work it out, but this is not how you do it. I do too. Its embarrassing on The World Stage for us to be doing this. I agree, van, and i feel empathetic for those people fleeing their countries looking for a better life. Wed be doing the same thing for our families. I am sympathetic, but i cannot condone an open border and this administration doing nothing about it. We got zeroing thank you both. Good conversation. Im glad we could have a good conversation about it. Next, the breaking news. A federal judge naming a Special Master who will review those documents seized at trumps maralago. So who is he . It is a he. Details next. The catastrophe averted for now. Transportation secretary bacon on how he prevented a massive strike that would have impacted every single american. 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