#1517 Reverse Freedom Rides (Human Trafficking Asylum Seekers)

Air Date 9/30/2022

Today, we take a look at the attention-grabbing stunt of transporting asylum seekers from Texas to Martha's Vineyard and other politically-liberal destinations and the White supremacist inspirations for this policy.

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SHOW NOTES

Ch. 1: DeSantis, Fox News, and the Martha's Vineyard 'Stunt' - On the Media - Air Date 9-23-22

Philip Bump [@pbump], national correspondent The Washington Post, on the manipulative plan for 48 Venuzulean migrants sent to Martha’s Vineyard.

Ch. 2: DeSantis' kidnapping 'stunt' - The BradCast - Air Date 9-19-22

New documents show that the asylum-seekers were lured onto the flights with false promises, providing hard documentary evidence that DeSantis' obscene political stunt may have violated the law.

Ch. 3: The GOP's Martha's Vineyard Stunt Backfired And Then They Just Lied About It – SOME MORE NEWS - Air Date 9-28-22

This week, we're taking a look at the cruelty and shamelessness of when Ron DeSantis human trafficked a bunch of migrants to Martha's Vineyard. This did not go how the GOP thought it would, so they spent the last few weeks lying and pretending it did.

Ch. 4: Latest Border Updates, Martha's Vineyard Lib Owning - REDIRECT Immigration Law and Perspectives - Air Date 9-17-22

Taylor Levy talks about the situation on the border as one of the most knowledgable attorneys when it comes to what is actually happening on the U.S./Mexico border.

Ch. 5: Reverse Freedom Rides Flying Migrants North, Florida Gov. Steals Page from Segregationists Part 1 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 9-20-22

Professor Mwalim Peters, recounts the little-known story of the Reverse Freedom Rides and says the strategy to humiliate liberals is "basically identical to what's happening now in Martha's Vineyard".

Ch. 6: Immigration Defining Us and Them - Now & Then - Air Date 9-27-22

Heather and Joanne discuss the politics and prejudices surrounding the two 1790s Naturalization Laws, the Immigration Act of 1924, the 1965 Hart-Celler Act, and the current Republican rhetoric about migrants at the Southern border.

Ch. 7: Reverse Freedom Rides Flying Migrants North, Florida Gov. Steals Page from Segregationists Part 2 - Democracy Now! - Air Date 9-20-22

Professor Mwalim Peters, recounts the little-known story of the Reverse Freedom Rides and says the strategy to humiliate liberals is "basically identical to what's happening now in Martha's Vineyard".

MEMBERS-ONLY BONUS CLIP(S)

Ch. 8: Immigration Defining Us and Them Part 2 - Now & Then - Air Date 9-27-22

FINAL COMMENTS

Ch. 9: Final comments on how laws are used to manipulate our sense of justice to support injustice

TAKE ACTION!

National Immigrant Justice Center (specific call for donations to help those being trafficked)

National Immigration Law Center 

Immigration Equality 

Chicago: City of Chicago "Donation and Volunteer Support for New Arrivals from Texas"

New York: South Bronx Mutual Aid (Seeking lawyers, mental health professionals, etc. for migrants)

Washington, DC: Sanctuary DMV's "Texas Migrant Solidarity Donation and Volunteer Links"

Inside The Local Mutual Aid Effort Supporting The Migrants Texas Bused To D.C. (DCist, May 2022)

Curated by BOTL Communications Director Amanda Hoffman 

MUSIC (Blue Dot Sessions)

SHOW IMAGE:

Description: The words “The Cruelty is the Point” are overlayed on a black and white image of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ face in a black vignette.

Credit: “Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis” by Matt Johnson, Flickr | License CC BY 2.0 | Changes: Black and white, black vignette, text overlay