Ron DeSantis says he will send any Haitian illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard.

 

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. The Hill/AP.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis says he will send any Haitian illegal immigrants to Martha's Vineyard. The Hill. Haiti has descended into chaos with gangs taking over the capitol and the Prime Minster resigning, leading to fears that Haitians could come to the United States. In response DeSantis has deployed police and National Guard units to the Florida Keys to turn away boats carrying Haitians before they enter US territory. Doing so allows Florida to deport the illegals without having to go through the federal government. If any Haitians do make it to Florida, DeSantis said they will be sent to other states. 

My Comment:

Looks like another red state governor is again doing what the federal government refuses to do, and that is deal with our illegal immigrant problem. Preventing Haitians from entering the country in the first place, and then sending them to the blue states that voted for the problem in the first place when they do show up is another solution to this problem. Much like Texas and their SB4 law, which has had a whirlwind 24 hours with SCOTUS supporting it but an appeals court halting it, it's GOP governors actually doing something about this problem. 

I do think that the strategy of sending illegals to blue states has been effective. It has brought the problem to the blue states and is increasing pressure on state, local and federal governments to actually do something on the problem. Continuing to do so will likely force the Biden administration to do something and, failing that, make illegal immigration an even bigger election issue than it already is. 

Of course, intercepting the illegals before they even enter the United States is an even better solution because you don't have to deal with the nonsense coming from the federal government. It also serves as a deterrence to anyone coming here if they know they will be turned away. It could also save their lives as it would make the dangerous sea voyage a lot less likely to succeed and they would perhaps reconsider it. 

I personally don't think we should accept any Haitians at all. The country has never been functional and given the behavior of the gang members I don't think we should risk letting these folks in. I think they would be very unlikely to contribute anything and would almost certainly commit a lot of crime. 

Of course the entire issue would be moot if the Biden Administration would just do the sane thing and deport illegal immigrants. But Biden refuses to do anything, he's just trying to blame the failure of the border bill, which was a poisoning pill which allowed huge numbers of illegals in. And the goal of the Democrats is to import millions of new voters as a last ditch effort to win in 2024...