<br><div><aside class="gnt_em gnt_em__fp gnt_em_vp__tp gnt_em__el" aria-label="Video - Martha's Vineyard migrants moving to military base"/><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">After dozens of migrants arrived in Martha's Vineyard near Cape Cod, some described grueling journeys to the U.S. and feelings of uncertainty after becoming part of a national spectacle.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took credit for flying the group of about 50 to the liberal enclave, part of an escalating battle between Republican governors and the White House over immigration.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Carlos Muños said he journeyed from Venezuela to give his four-year-old son the things he didn't have — a meaningful education, the freedom to express his opinions without fear of persecution, a job where he can earn enough money to afford food.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Muños, who was studying electrical engineering before Venezuela's economic collapse halted his studies, said he wants to go back to school and dreams that his son will also go to college some day.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">“I want peace,” he said. “Tranquility.”</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">Muños is among a group of migrants, mostly from Venezuela, who arrived unexpectedly in Martha's Vineyard after DeSantis chartered two flights. It's the latest in a string of moves by GOP governors meant to surprise Democratic strongholds with large influxes of migrants.</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p">As DeSantis vowed on Friday to continue the program, it has drawn a firestorm of criticism from opponents, including President Joe Biden, who accused DeSantis of "playing politics with human beings, using them as props."</p><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">FOLLOW THE FLIGHT:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/in-depth/graphics/2022/09/16/how-desantis-flew-migrants-marthas-vineyard/10396027002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:8|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">Florida Gov. DeSantis flew 50 migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard</a></p><figure class="gnt_em gnt_em_img"><img class="gnt_em_img_i" style="height:440px" data-g-r="lazy" src="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/09/16/USAT/955af6b1-efea-41fc-8489-87b1260c1d26-XXX_IMG_AP22258109584163_1_1_BR11ACV7A.JPG?width=660&height=440&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp" srcset="https://www.gannett-cdn.com/presto/2022/09/16/USAT/955af6b1-efea-41fc-8489-87b1260c1d26-XXX_IMG_AP22258109584163_1_1_BR11ACV7A.JPG?width=1320&height=880&fit=crop&format=pjpg&auto=webp 2x" decoding="async" alt="A woman, who is part of a group of immigrants that had just arrived, holds a child as they are fed outside St. Andrews Episcopal Church, Wednesday Sept. 14, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday flew two planes of immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw attention to what they consider to be the Biden administration's failed border policies."/></figure><p class="gnt_ar_b_p"><strong class="gnt_ar_b_al">EL PASO VENEZUELAN MIGRANTS:</strong><a target="_blank" href="/story/news/politics/2022/09/17/el-paso-humanitarian-crisis-migration-venezuelan-homeless/10411427002/" rel="noopener" data-t-l=":b|e|spike click:10|${u}" class="gnt_ar_b_a">El Paso...</a></p></div> <style> .wrapper { text-align: center; } </style> <div class="wrapper"> <a class="button" href ="https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2022/09/17/desantis-migrants-marthas-vineyard-cape-cod/10410896002/">Read more <span>➤</span></a> </div>
