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Fla. Gov. DeSantis sent migrant flights to Massachusetts, his office says

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In Massachusetts, the residents of Martha's Vineyard are scrambling² to care for 50 immigrants, mostly from Venezuela, who arrived without warning yesterday at the local airport.

STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:

Fifty migrants arrived unexpectedly on the resort island Martha's Vineyard, off the coast of Massachusetts. Florida's Republican Governor Ron DeSantis took responsibility for financing the flight after someone rounded up the migrants in Texas. So they went from Texas to Florida to this elite³ summer vacation spot. Eve Zuckoff from our member station WCAI met the migrants at a shelter.

EVE ZUCKOFF, BYLINE⁴: The plane arrived out of the blue on a sunny afternoon. The passengers, men, women and children, almost all from Venezuela, arrived at the Martha's Vineyard Airport. They had boarded the plane earlier that day in San Antonio. Officials were not informed ahead of their arrival. Once on the ground in Massachusetts, local authorities and nonprofits scrambled⁵ to feed and house them. Lisa Del Castro, who runs the island's homeless shelter, said resources were scarce at first.

LISA DEL CASTRO: Everything from beds to food to clothing to toothbrushes, toothpaste, blankets, sheets - I mean, we had some of it, but we did not have the numbers that we needed.

ZUCKOFF: Most of the arrivals spoke⁶ little or no English. Spanish-speaking high school students were pressed into service as interpreters. Edgartown Police Chief Bruce McNamee said many of the migrants were confused.

BRUCE MCNAMEE: There is a lot of concern. We have talked to a number of people who've asked, where am I? And then us trying to explain where Martha's Vineyard is has been a challenge.

ZUCKOFF: Three migrants each separately described to NPR how they were lured⁷ onto the plane with promises of help getting work. Each of the three were told they were being flown to Boston and that, once they were there, they could more quickly get work because they were told it is a sanctuary⁸ city. Andres Duarte, a 30-year-old Venezuelan, said he had recently crossed the border into Texas and eventually went to a shelter in San Antonio. A woman who he and other migrants identified only as Perla approached them outside the shelter. They say she arranged for some of them to stay at a hotel, offered them food and then got them on a plane.

ANDRES DUARTE: (Through interpreter) She offered us help, help that never arrived. And now we're here. We got on the plane with a vision of the future, making it.

ZUCKOFF: He went on to explain why he boarded the plane with so little information in hand.

DUARTE: (Through interpreter) Look; when you have no money and someone offers you help, well, it means a lot.

ZUCKOFF: A spokeswoman for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis confirmed that the migrants were transported by the state of Florida under a program funded by the Legislature earlier this year. The statement reads in part, quote, "states like Massachusetts, New York and California will better facilitate the care of these individuals who they have invited into our country by incentivizing illegal immigration." Massachusetts state Senator (ph) Dylan Fernandes represents Martha's Vineyard.

DYLAN FERNANDES: We have the governor of Florida hatching a secret plot to send immigrant families like cattle on an airplane, ship them - women and children - to a place that they weren't told where they were going, never alerted local officials and people on the ground here that they were coming. It is an incredibly inhumane and depraved thing to do.

ZUCKOFF: Lisa Del Castro, who runs the shelter where migrants spent the night, said despite the journey, the group is resilient.

DEL CASTRO: There's some really sad stories. And then some people, the only thing they're expressing is how grateful they are to be here and to be safe and cared for - right? - sheltered. And, you know, their needs are immense right now.

ZUCKOFF: NPR spoke with Yesica, a migrant who gave only her first name because of her undocumented immigration status. Asked what she thought would happen now, Yesica was uncertain.

YESICA: (Through interpreter) Oh, goodness. I don't know what is going to happen to us. The truth is I'm worried. It will be whatever God wishes, no? We're here now, and there's nothing we can do.

ZUCKOFF: Not even, she added, to take a step back.

For NPR News, I'm Eve Zuckoff on Martha's Vineyard.

1 transcript   

n.抄本，誊本，副本，肄业证书

参考例句：

• A transcript of the tapes was presented as evidence in court.一份录音带的文字本作为证据被呈交法庭。
• They wouldn't let me have a transcript of the interview.他们拒绝给我一份采访的文字整理稿。

2 scrambling   

v.快速爬行( scramble的现在分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Scrambling up her hair, she darted out of the house. 她匆忙扎起头发，冲出房去。 来自《现代英汉综合大词典》
• She is scrambling eggs. 她正在炒蛋。 来自《简明英汉词典》

3 elite   

n.精英阶层；实力集团；adj.杰出的，卓越的

参考例句：

• The power elite inside the government is controlling foreign policy.政府内部的一群握有实权的精英控制着对外政策。
• We have a political elite in this country.我们国家有一群政治精英。

4 byline   

n.署名；v.署名

参考例句：

• His byline was absent as well.他的署名也不见了。
• We wish to thank the author of this article which carries no byline.我们要感谢这篇文章的那位没有署名的作者。

5 scrambled   

v.快速爬行( scramble的过去式和过去分词 )；攀登；争夺；（军事飞机）紧急起飞

参考例句：

• Each scrambled for the football at the football ground. 足球场上你争我夺。 来自《现代汉英综合大词典》
• He scrambled awkwardly to his feet. 他笨拙地爬起身来。 来自《简明英汉词典》

6 spoke   

n.（车轮的）辐条；轮辐；破坏某人的计划；阻挠某人的行动 v.讲，谈（speak的过去式）；说；演说；从某种观点来说

参考例句：

• They sourced the spoke nuts from our company.他们的轮辐螺帽是从我们公司获得的。
• The spokes of a wheel are the bars that connect the outer ring to the centre.辐条是轮子上连接外圈与中心的条棒。

7 lured   

吸引，引诱（lure的过去式与过去分词形式）

参考例句：

• The child was lured into a car but managed to escape. 那小孩被诱骗上了车，但又设法逃掉了。
• Lured by the lust of gold,the pioneers pushed onward. 开拓者在黄金的诱惑下，继续奋力向前。

8 sanctuary   

n.圣所，圣堂，寺庙；禁猎区，保护区

参考例句：

• There was a sanctuary of political refugees behind the hospital.医院后面有一个政治难民的避难所。
• Most countries refuse to give sanctuary to people who hijack aeroplanes.大多数国家拒绝对劫机者提供庇护。