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Massachusetts Reportedly Offers to Relocate Migrants on Martha’s Vineyard to Military Base

© AP Photo / Eric GayA National Guardsman stands guard at a fence that runs along the Rio Grande near the International bridge, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas
A National Guardsman stands guard at a fence that runs along the Rio Grande near the International bridge, Friday, Sept. 17, 2021, in Del Rio, Texas - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.09.2022
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WASHINGTON (Sputnik) - Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker has announced that some 50 migrants who recently arrived on Martha’s Vineyard will be offered shelter and other services on a military base in Cape Cod, the Washington Post reported on Friday.
The migrants will have dormitory-style rooms at the Joint Base Cape Cod in Bourne and access to food, clothing, health care and other services.
Baker said he plans to call up to 125 Massachusetts National Guard members to assist in the effort.
On Wednesday, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two planes of migrants, who recently crossed illegally into the United States from Mexico, to Martha’s Vineyard.
In this Thursday, June 10, 2021, file photo, a pair of migrant families from Brazil pass through a gap in the border wall to reach the United States after crossing from Mexico to Yuma, Ariz., to seek asylum. - Sputnik International, 1920, 16.09.2022
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