Immigration

At least 77 people were killed when a boat carrying migrants from Lebanon sank off Syria this week, the country’s health minister said Friday, amid fears the death toll could be far higher. The incident was deadliest so far as a surging number of Lebanese, Syrians, and Palestinians have been trying to flee crisis-hit Lebanon by sea for a better…

Chris Magnus said Republican governors are drawing more migrants to the U.S. by pushing falsehoods about the opportunities that await them in Northern cities.

Vertol Systems, which has lavished money on Republicans, was once represented by Gaetz and his former law partner, who now works for DeSantis.

A Massachusetts judge charged with helping an immigrant escape a federal agent waiting to arrest him has rejected a plea deal offered by federal prosecutors.

The group of about 50 migrants at the heart of the lawsuit were flown last week to Martha’s Vineyard after fleeing Venezuela.

As officials in Massachusetts continue to accommodate the migrants who unexpectedly arrived last week, a sheriff in Texas has announced his office is opening a local investigation into what led to the migrants’ arrival in the Bay State, and if it was legal. And on Tuesday Lawyers for Civil Rights, an organization offering free legal help to the migrants, filed…

In the days since two charter planes full of asylum seekers from Venezuela landed on Martha’s Vineyard at the behest of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, the situation remains at top-of-mind for many on Beacon Hill. Lawmakers have called for federal investigations into DeSantis’ and Florida’s use of taxpayers’ money, and Gov. Charlie Baker made an argument Sunday for “meaningful...

A young woman seeking asylum killed herself in an NYC shelter amid an ongoing political battle between Texas and the Biden administration, Mayor Eric Adams says.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker weighed in Sunday on Florida’s move to send 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard unannounced.

A new busload of migrants arrived at the vice presidents residence in Washington, DC on Saturday.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the playbook of a fellow Republican, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to a new level by catching officials flat-footed in Martha’s Vineyard with two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants.

At meetings, some DHS officials have expressed frustration with the Biden administration’s reluctance to send migrants to inland cities, as GOP governors have done

Two planes of about 50 migrants arrived in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts on Wednesday night from Florida, by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Massachusetts officials say the planes initially came from Texas. DeSantis’ move is just one of many by Republican governors to send migrants elsewhere in the U.S. in what they consider to be a failure of the Biden Administration’s border...

The migrants who landed in Martha’s Vineyard have varying stories about where they hoped to go. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has taken credit for the moving of those people. The migrants who spoke with NBC10 Boston in Martha’s Vineyard Thursday say they boarded a plane in San Antonio after being asked if they wanted to travel for work and...

When sending two planes of undocumented immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard on Wednesday, the administration of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis referred to Massachusetts as a “sanctuary state,” along with New York and California. While there are several policies in place that protect them, the state does not have a sanctuary law in place. But Boston is one of several communities...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is defending his actions after sending two planes of immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, as Democrats are denouncing the action. At a news conference Thursday, DeSantis reiterated that the state was sending the immigrants to a “sanctuary” destination. “We are not a sanctuary state and it’s better to be able to go to a sanctuary jurisdiction,...

Local officials, social services and community members quickly set up a shelter at an Edgartown church, complete with beds, food, water, medical care and even a play area for children Wednesday night.

The Republican nominee for Massachusetts governor, Geoff Diehl, has issued a statement on the migrant situation on Martha’s Vineyard that applauds the island’s people who “sprang into action,” while criticizing the Biden Administration. Diehl, who won last week’s Republican primary for governor against Chris Doughty, issued the statement Thursday morning, after emergency shelters were opened on the Vineyard to...

Democratic State Sen. Julian Cyr, who represents the Cape and Islands, speaks out on the unannounced arrival of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, apparently part of a Florida “relocation program.”

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker’s office said it is supporting officials on the island after learning of the situation.