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WATCH: Spanish TV Reporter Says Martha’s Vineyard Residents Privately Admitted They ‘Don’t Want Migrants Here’

by PAUL BOIS 16 Sep 2022

A Spanish TV reporter for Telemundo said Martha’s Vineyard residents privately admitted to not wanting migrants on the island.

Speaking outside St. Andrew’s church where the 50 migrants that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) shipped up to the elite liberal vacation spot, Cristina Londoño Rooney of Telemundo said that residents refused to be interviewed on camera about their displeasure with the situation for fear of appearing “inhumane.”

“A furious man passed by just a short time ago. He said that his children had to leave this island because there are no jobs or housing, and now they bring these migrants over, deceiving them with those promises,” she said.

“There are also others who blame the Biden Administration, saying it’s their fault, they don’t want the migrants here. But they don’t want to speak on-camera, either because they don’t want to be depicted as inhumane.”



Jorge Bonilla
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Swerve ending to tonight's @TelemundoNews report from Martha's Vineyard. Props to @CristiLondono for unblinkingly reporting that not all residents are thrilled at this migrant dropoff.

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7:14 PM · Sep 15, 2022

On Thursday, Martha’s Vineyard homeless shelter coordinator, Lisa Belcastro, lamented to reporters that the island does not have the facilities to house the migrants despite the fact that some of America’s wealthiest elites own multi-million-dollar vacation homes that are empty most of the year.

“At some point in time they have to move from here to somewhere else,” she told reporters. “We don’t have the services to take care of 50 immigrants. We certainly don’t have housing. We’re in a housing crisis as we are on this island, so we can’t house everyone here that lives here and works here. We don’t have housing for 50 more people.”



Christina Pushaw
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Wow! This Martha’s Vineyard Democrat doesn’t seem very welcoming or progressive. “We don’t have housing for 50 immigrants.” Uh, don’t the Obamas have a 10 bedroom mansion there? That will fit half of them.

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3:43 PM · Sep 15, 2022

The sentiments about not having enough room and how the migrants need to be sent elsewhere appear to conflict with an official sign displayed in Martha’s Vineyard saying that the island residents stand in solidarity with immigrants and refugees.



Ian Miles Cheong
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This sign is in Martha's Vineyard. Note that they "Stand with immigrants, with refugees," etc.
What happened to their solidarity?



5:38 PM · Sep 15, 2022

Island officials have since called the influx of 50 migrants a “humanitarian crisis.”


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To our Island community, here is an update on current humanitarian crisis on Martha's Vineyard....we thank people for their continued help.

11:32 AM · Sep 15, 2022

In a tweet on Wednesday, Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) put this so-called “crisis” into perspective when he explained how 15,000 migrants flooded into Del Rio, Texas, in a single day.

“Folks on Martha’s Vineyard are describing the burdens from 50 illegal immigrants. To put that in perspective, the small town of Del Rio, TX has about 30,000 residents. I was there when 15,000 Haitian illegal immigrants were crossing in to Del Rio IN A SINGLE DAY. 15,000 > 50” he tweeted.

Spanish TV: Martha's Vineyard Residents Say They 'Don't Want Migrants' (breitbart.com)

No one wants these criminal trespassers in ANY of our communities!

We have no housing; it is expensive to live here. They have NO right to stay here.