Media grant award to Martha’s Vineyard elites for immigration experience
The media have granted an award to the ultra-wealthy residents of Martha’s Vineyard, who earlier this year were disturbed by the offloading of illegal aliens on the idyllic island courtesy of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
Martha’s Vineyard residents typically lean politically Left and have lectured on the importance of diversity and welcoming illegal aliens. Many support Biden’s open border policy, which has devolved into an historic crisis. These residents include former President Barack Obama, whose open-door border policy caused a spike in murder rates.
Other homeowners in Martha’s Vineyard include Hillary Clinton, whose proposed immigration plan was slated to top Obama’s in lawlessness, Biden climate commissar John Kerry, Seinfeld and Curb Your Enthusiasm creator Larry David, Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey and many other celebrities.
In September residents fumed when DeSantis had over 50 illegal immigrants, who found their way into Florida, bused to Martha’s Vineyard. Hillary Clinton declared it “human trafficking”. Filmmaker Ken Burns compared it to the Holocaust.
The immigrants were herded into a small chapel and removed by the National Guard within 48 hours.
Now, the Boston Globe has crowned Martha’s Vineyard residents “Bostonians of the Year” for their handling of the sudden arrivals, even though the residents were unwilling hosts.
“At some point in time, they have to move from here to somewhere else, right?” resident Lisa Belcastro said at the time. “We don’t have the services to take care of 50 immigrants. And we certainly don’t have housing — we’re in a housing crisis as we are on this island.”
But the Boston Globe felt that Belcastro’s and others’ efforts were worthy of commendation.
“As Belcastro, Baker, and other volunteers dusted off cots and inflated air mattresses in St. Andrew’s basement, reports of the surprise visitors began to ripple across the island,” The Boston Globe gushed. “That attracted residents to the church with the same urgency that an Obama sighting mobilizes tourists in the summer.”
The Boston Globe has yet to bestow similar recognition on border states who face daily influxes of illegal immigrants.
