✔️ The flights to Martha's Vineyard originally departed from Texas. ✔️ While most of the passengers are originally from Venezuela, the flights did not take off from that South American country. ✔️ This rumor originated from a popular tweet.
reported, the group of migrants were mostly of Venezuelan origin and were flown on two planes from Texas after they had crossed the U.S.-Mexico border. During the flights, they made a stop in the Florida panhandle and later landed on Martha’s Vineyard.that the 48 or so migrants, some of whom were young children, had arrived “unexpectedly,” and that they were from either Venezuela or Colombia:
“We’re immigrants,” said Eliase, who said he was from Venezuela. “We came here because of the situation in our country, for the economy, for work, for lots of things.There a refugee association put us in a plane and told us there would be work and housing here. I feel good, despite everything. We spent four days in Texas so it’s good to be here.”
Sen. Julian Cyr said the plane originated in San Antonio, Tex., and appeared to be part of a larger campaign to divert migrants from border states. “Just like the reverse freedom rides in the 1960s, this endeavor is a cruel ruse that is manipulating families who are seeking a better life,” Senator Cyr said. “No one should be capitalizing on the difficult circumstances that these families are in and contorting that for the purposes of a “gotcha” moment.”
Some of the migrants said that they were told they were being flown to Boston, not Martha’s Vineyard,
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