POLITICO Massachusetts Playbook: Where the MV migrants are now
View in browser BY LISA KASHINSKY MOVE-OUT DAY(S) — GOP Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sparked a political firestorm when he chartered two planes to bring migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard. Three weeks later, the migrants are moving on. Fourteen have already left Joint Base Cape Cod, where the primarily Venezuelan migrants were given temporary shelter by the state. The remaining 35, including families, are expected to follow by the end of the weekend as their case managers finalize longer-term housing plans, the Baker administration said Tuesday. At least two have left for New York City, while others plan to stay in Massachusetts, people working with the migrants tell Playbook. Their arrival in September caught Martha’s Vineyard — and Massachusetts — off guard. But the migrants are now leaving the military base with financial support from a fund coordinated by the nonprofit Martha’s Vineyard Community Services. And they have lawyers who’ve volunte...