Cape Cod military base where 50 migrants chowed down after being shipped from Martha’s Vineyard
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A group of migrants expressed delight at reaching the Cape Cod military base and enjoying a hot meal on Thursday after being taken away from Martha’s Vineyard.
One of the 50 Venezuelans transported from Martha’s Vineyard to Joint Base Cape Cod has been filmed expressing his delight at eating his local food “for the first time in three months.”
The unidentified young man, dressed in a gray top and green jacket, looked overjoyed just hours after arriving at the main military establishment.
He spoke after a local Venezuelan restaurant delivered traditional dishes of arepas, black beans, rice and plantain to the migrants.
In the video obtained by DailyMail.com, he said, “We’ve had three months without Venezuelan food. This is like a blessing. Thank you.’
Other young men around him burst into a “thank you, thank you, thank you” chorus.
The moment of calm comes after a tumultuous week for the migrants, who were shipped from Florida to Massachusetts as part of Governor Ron DeSantis’ protest against US border policies.
Upon arrival in wealthy Martha’s Vineyard, home to many liberal elites, the city claimed to be experiencing a housing crisis and was unable to accommodate the migrants, who were moved to the military base 52 miles away.
Pictured: A group of 50 migrants enjoyed Venezuelan food at the Cape Cod . military base
Meals included sweet plantains (left) and rice and beans (right)
It was a hot meal for the migrants being moved from Martha’s Vineyard to Joint Base Cape Cod, pictured: a mother carrying her children to be taken to the base by bus
Martha’s Vineyard declared a state of emergency on the migrants and called in the National Guard, forcing the immigrants to be moved 52 miles to Cape Cod
Restaurant owner Katuiska Daliende delivered the food to the military base on Thursday, but did not record the video.
She told DailyMail.com exclusively, “The people inside told me they’d love the opportunity to work, work, work.
I have no idea if they have relatives in the United States. I don’t believe they know how long they’ll be on base. They all looked happy.’
The migrants’ joy comes after days of confusion that began when they were taken to a Florida airport to be shipped to Massachusetts.
A DeSantis spokesperson said in a statement that the trip was part of the “state’s relocation program to transport illegal immigrants to sanctuary destinations.”
DeSantis followed the lead of his colleagues in Texas and Arizona, who transport dozens of migrants illegally crossing the US to New York, Chicago and Washington, D.C.
The Florida governor sent the group of 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, where officials immediately complained about the situation and called on the National Guard to move the group because the city reportedly lacked shelters.
US Representative Seth Moulton, a Democrat from Massachusetts, accused DeSantis of orchestrating a political trick on the lives of the migrants.
“Playing politics with people’s lives is what governors like George Wallace did during segregation,” Moulton said, referring to Wallace’s tactic of tricking black Southerners into moving north. “Ron DeSantis is trying to earn George Wallace’s legacy.”
White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre also targeted DeSantis and Texas Governor Greg Abbott at a news conference today, urging other Republicans who disagree with their “blueprint” to “do it.” to speak’.
She said: “This is an issue and we have been clear about this, this is an inhumane issue, it is abhorrent and we should not use people, migrants, who are fleeing communism, as political pawns.”
Carlos Munoz hugged Larkin Stallings (left) in Martha’s Vineyard as the group prepared to be moved to the military base miles away
The migrants settle shortly after days of confusion that began when they were taken to a Florida airport to be shipped to Massachusetts
After declaring a national emergency, the migrants boarded a boat to leave Martha’s Vineyard
They are now staying at Joine Base Cape Cod until they can find a more permanent home
However, DailyMail.com found that dozens of modest properties and homes are for rent on AirBnb on Martha’s Vineyard.
Private rooms and small guest houses are offered for $180 a night, which could have been used as a stopover for the migrants to be housed.
Lisa Belcastro, the island’s homelessness director, claimed yesterday that the affluent area is experiencing a “housing crisis.”
Speaking after Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two planeloads of migrants to the pretty coastal town, Belcastro claimed the island cannot support the addition of 50 more people.
Belcastro, who himself lives in a lavish four-bedroom, four-bathroom house on a remote part of the island, is one of the liberal officials who called it a “humanitarian emergency” and responded as they would respond to a hurricane.
Her claims were supported by Governor Charlie Baker, who said Martha’s Vineyard, with a population of 15,000, “is not equipped to provide sustainable housing” to the migrants.
Lisa Belcastro claims the island is struggling with a shortage of affordable housing. Belcastro, who himself lives in a lavish four-bedroom, four-bathroom, $3.6 million dollar property on a remote part of the island, is one of the Liberal officials who declared it a “humanitarian emergency.”
On Thursday, DaSantis spoke to critics of his move to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard as “virtue signaling” and said their concern for the well-being of the migrants was a “fraud.”
He said, “The minute even a small fraction of what those border towns go through every day is brought to their doorsteps, they go crazy and are so upset that this is happening.”
It comes after Abbott yesterday sent 101 illegal migrants to Vice President Kamala Harris’ home in Washington DC – just days after declaring the border “secure.”
Texas has been hit hardest by the influx of new migrants arriving at the border, with nearly 1,000 migrants being released to sleep on the streets of El Paso due to the wave of illegal border crossings overwhelming border patrol facilities.
DeSantis is now ramping up the escalating immigration war in Democrat-run areas by threatening to fly illegal migrants into President Biden’s home state of Delaware, while Lieutenant Governor Jeanette Nunez doubled down on the plan Thursday.
Republicans have stepped up their attacks on the Biden administration as they try to make immigration the theme of November’s midterm elections.