How Border Politics Landed in Martha’s Vineyard

<p>Last week, nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants showed up, without warning, on the wealthy island of Martha’s Vineyard.</p><p>Their arrival was the culmination of a monthslong strategy by two of the United States’ most conservative governors to lay the issue of undocumented immigration at Democrats’ doorstep.</p><p>How has this strategy played out and what has it meant for the migrants caught in the middle?</p><p>Guest: <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/by/miriam-jordan?smid=pc-thedaily">Miriam Jordan</a>, a national correspondent covering immigration for The New York Times.</p><p>Background reading: </p><ul><li>Scores of migrants have been shipped north by southern Republican governors. <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/16/us/politics/migrants-marthas-vineyard-desantis.html?smid=pc-thedaily">Here’s what you need to know</a>.</li><li>Martha’s Vineyard, the moneyed summer resort, <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/desantis-florida-migrants-marthas-vineyard.html?smid=pc-thedaily">has become an unlikely arena in the fight over illegal immigration</a>.</li></ul><p>For more information on today’s episode, visit <a href="http://nytimes.com/thedaily?smid=pc-thedaily">nytimes.com/thedaily</a>. Transcripts of each episode will be made available by the next workday. </p>