The Trump administration bused immigrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard.
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The MeidasTouch PodcastOct 27, 2026
The sources attribute the Martha's Vineyard migrant flights to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's busing operation separate from them, not to the Trump administration. The Hill reports that Stephen Miller floated a similar federal strategy, but it fizzled over legal concerns, so no federal Trump administration busing occurred.
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… And also, I'm sure there are lots of lovely people who live on Martha's Vineyard, but this guy, right? And, by the way, remember what they did to the people on Martha's Vineyard also. I mean, thinking about the Trump regime during Biden, right, when they put the they they, like, would bus immigrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, and they were also the Martha's Vineyard set. These people, to, in the best sense of the world, it's like, what are you talking about? What is wrong with these people? It is absolutely outrageous. …
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Contradicts. PolitiFact states that DeSantis orchestrated flying migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in September 2022, and AP reports that Florida paid for the flights, placing the act with a state governor rather than a federal administration.[1][2][5]
Contradicts. The Hill reports that Trump adviser Stephen Miller reportedly floated a similar strategy at the federal level, but the idea fizzled due to legal concerns, so the federal government did not carry it out.[4]
Contradicts. Snopes and PolitiFact describe the Martha's Vineyard flights as DeSantis's operation, and the Texas busing program as run by Gov. Abbott, not as a Trump administration action.[3][6]
Supports. Migrants were flown from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in September 2022, so the Texas-to-Martha's Vineyard transport element is accurate; the error lies in the actor and the 'bused' mode.[2][7][8]
Context. The Hill notes the 'playbook was established during the Trump administration' and that Miller discussed a 2018 plan to release migrants into sanctuary cities, which is adjacent to but distinct from the Martha's Vineyard flights.[4]
Sources
8 sources: 3 fact-checkers, 1 tier 1, 3 not rated, 1 tier 2
- 1Fact-checking DeSantis as he runs for president in 2024politifact.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 2GOP's hard-line tactics on migrants refocus midterm debateapnews.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts, supports
- 3Biden's 'Executive Order 9066' Gives Migrants Who Illegally Enter US $5K Visa Gift Cards?snopes.com · fact-checker · cited for: contradicts
- 4Migrant flights show how Trump, Stephen Miller reshaped ...thehill.com · tier 1 · cited for: contradicts, context
- 5Florida, Texas escalate flights, buses to move migrants - KRGVkrgv.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 6PolitiFact | Blake Masters’ flawed comparison of treatment ...api.politifact.com · not rated · cited for: contradicts
- 7DeSantis' migrant flights point toward an ominous future of red and ...cnn.com · tier 2 · cited for: supports
- 8DeSantis and Abbott sent busloads of migrants to sanctuary cities. It backfiredindependent.co.uk · not rated · cited for: supports
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