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Martha's Animal Logic

We agree before any trip Exactly how livestock will ship But with notice not Venezuelans got To the Martha’s Vineyard airstrip Author's note: Pundits and politicians say Governor DeSantis of Florida treats immigrants like livestock or animals, which is a lie. In fact, animals routinely get better tracking than the immigrants who DeSantis transported as a political statement. It's hard to find anything we ship that's treated as badly. Even the NYC Department of Sanitation knows when and how much garbage it will receive. So what does this treatment compare to? It resembles illegal dumping by the side of a road...I'll just leave it there for someone else to clean up. We should gladly accept legal immigrants in every part of this county, but we do need to know when they will arrive so they can be treated with dignity. These Venezuelan immigrants flown to Martha's Vineyard came legally.

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Date: 9/24/2022 9:34:00 PM
Interesting. I know so little about these things!
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Duke Beaufort
Date: 11/19/2022 10:05:00 AM
It's all very strange that we've come to this--using people as political pawns. I don't mind sharing a burden, but sharing means figuring things out before acting rashly.

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