You asked for it! Wealthy Martha's Vineyard residents face pressure to welcome migrants into their multi-million dollar homes after proudly displaying signs saying 'we stand with immigrants... all are welcome here'
Conservatives are finding mirth in Florida's migrant airlift to Martha's Vineyard on Wednesday evening
Florida Gov. DeSantis sent about 50 migrants to the wealthy island enclave aboard a chartered aircraft
Many on the island have long displayed signs proclaiming 'all are welcome here' - including immigrants
Now DeSantis supporters joke that those signs will be quickly torn down by local residents
But officials on they island say they are giving support and shelter to the group in the wake of their arrival
By Keith Griffith and Paul Farrell For Dailymail.Com
Published: 12:16 EDT, 15 September 2022 | Updated: 15:05 EDT, 15 September 2022
Conservatives have joked that Martha's Vineyard residents will be tearing down woke yard signs proclaiming that refugees and migrants are welcome after Ron DeSantis flew 50 of them to the wealthy island.
Right-wing commenters believe many residents of the ritzy enclave will be tearing down the popular signs for fear of being asked to put their money where their mouths are, and take in some of the mainly-Venezuelan incomers.
'Whole lotta Martha's Vineyard residents about to take down the 'all are welcome here' lawn signs sitting in front of their mansions,' joked Andrew Wagner, a GOP operative in Minnesota, in a tweet.
He was referring to a poster created by a Jewish community group in the town in 2017.
It lists support for black people, the LGBTQ community, migrants, refugees, indigenous people and adds: 'All are welcome here.' Other, more generic, versions of the same sign have also popped-up in backyards across the US in recent years.
Many Martha's Vineyard residents have flocked to help relief efforts at a local Episcopalian church, and made donations - but onlookers are keen to see just how far their charity will stretch.
The move by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to send the planeload of unauthorized immigrants, mostly from Venezuela, to the island on Wednesday came as a surprise in the affluent community - where prominent liberals such as the Obamas, Oprah Winfrey and Larry David all have homes.
But supporters of DeSantis pointed out that for years, many homes and businesses on the island have displayed a sign with various inclusive messages, including 'we stand with immigrants' and 'all are welcome here.'
'I wonder how quickly those 'All are welcome here' signs disappeared from the various Martha's Vineyard properties?' one Twitter user joked.
The migrant group, mostly from Venezuela, is seen on Thursday morning at St. Andrew's Church in Edgartown, which provided emergency shelter by setting up cots in the parish hall
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