Relocating Migrants Is OK for Me, Not for Thee; Cash-Strapped Sanctuary State On Track For Record Number Of Deportation Cases

Exclusive–O’Brien: Relocating Migrants Is OK for Me, Not for Thee:

Flying migrants from one jurisdiction to another is, according to the anti-borders contingent, a crime. When Texas and Florida Governors Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis sent migrants – ones they never invited into their jurisdictions – to sanctuary cities all over the U.S., the Bexar County, TX sheriff Javier Salazar charged DeSantis with the crime of “unlawful restraint,” (i.e., kidnapping).

That’s laughable, because the migrants in question got a luxury charter flight to Martha’s Vineyard, an island playground for New England’s wealthy elite.

When the migrants arrived on Martha’s Vineyard, Maura Healey, the governor of Massachusetts, was asked if Abbott and DeSantis had committed a crime. Ms. Healey sidestepped the question. Of course, that may have been because she was about to do exactly the same thing Abbott and DeSantis had done – relocate illegal aliens within the United States.

As you may remember, the grandees inhabiting Martha’s Vineyard promptly asked Governor Healey to remove the migrants from their seaside retreat. And, despite being a fawning advocate for illegal aliens, Governor Healey snapped her fingers. And just like that, the migrants were whisked from the sandy beaches of “The Vineyard,” to the spartan military barracks of Joint Base Cape Cod.

Notably absent was any media commentary questioning whether Governor Healey had committed a crime. Apparently, whisking migrants from one jurisdiction to another is kidnapping. But that’s only true if you’re a governor who favors border security and you relocate illegal aliens to keep the communities where your law-abiding U.S. citizen constituents live from being overrun. If, on the other hand, you’re Governor Healey and you relocate illegals in order to keep your wealthy supporters from having their Norman Rockwell vacation vistas sullied by the great unwashed, that’s perfectly okay.

Apparently, like her sanctuary counterparts Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson and New York City Mayor Eric Adams, Ms. Healey never expected large numbers of illegal aliens to respond to her promises to provide sanctuary. Then the Biden Administration completely erased the U.S. border with Mexico and began ushering unvetted illegal aliens into the United States in unprecedented numbers.

Of course, illegal aliens headed to migrant-friendly Massachusetts in droves. At first, Mighty Maura – Protector of the Huddled Masses – handed out freebies like driver’s licenses and free accommodations, pursuant to the Commonwealth’s “Right to Shelter” law. However, when it came time to pay the piper, the honorable Ms. Healey found herself hit with an acute case of sticker shock. While Massachusetts was rich in virtue signaling, it was rapidly becoming cash poor. —>READ MORE HERE

Cash-Strapped Sanctuary State On Track For Record Number Of Deportation Cases:

Federal immigration authorities in Massachusetts, a state that has spent millions to house migrants, are on track to process a record number of deportation cases, Boston 25 reported.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has filed over 44,000 new deportation cases in Massachusetts courts during the first nine months of fiscal year 2024, according to Boston 25. Should this pace continue, the total number of filings in the state could reach nearly 59,000 by the end of the fiscal year — surpassing the 54,000 deportation cases seen the previous fiscal year, which was the biggest number of new filings in the state in roughly a quarter century.

The rising pace of cases continues despite Massachusetts, a “sanctuary state” for illegal migrants, taking steps to force asylum seekers out of shelters and incentivize them to leave the state completely.

Democratic Gov. Maura Healey last month declared that the state would limit stays at overflow shelters for migrants to just five days. Additionally, the governor’s office said plane tickets and other travel expenses would be covered for migrants wishing to relocate out of the state.

“I want to be clear, particularly to people outside of Massachusetts who may have gotten word that this is a place to come, that we do not have room here in Massachusetts,” Healey said during a July press conference, according to Boston 25 News.

The governor’s office emphasized in a press release at the time that the financial toll of the migrant shelter system was unsustainable, and reforms were going to be made.

“Massachusetts is out of shelter space, and we simply cannot afford the current size of this system,” the governor said in the press release. “That’s why we are making changes to [Emergency Assistance] prioritization and transitioning our safety-net sites to five-day temporary respite centers.” —>READ MORE HERE

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