Members of the country’s largest Venezuelan community in Miami have had mixed reactions to Gov. Ron DeSantis' treatment of immigrants, including his decision to transport migrants to other states.
Andrade said she has visited the border and understands how overwhelmed some towns are. She said she sees the situation through a realistic lens: So long as migrants view the border as being open, those who are fleeing political and economic crises will continue to come.
“No more abuse!” one woman yelled over a loudspeaker, her voice hoarse with intensity. “Liberty for Florida! Respect for immigrants!” Maria Puerta Riera, a political science professor at Valencia College in Orlando, said transporting migrants to liberal cities may be an effective political play with conservative Latinos. But she said DeSantis’ policies could reflect negatively on him with voters during the general election were he to be the nominee.
Then-President Trump speaks about the situation in Venezuela during a rally at Florida International University on Feb. 18, 2019, in Miami.In observing her own community and monitoring Venezuelan groups on social media, she said she’s starting to notice some make a distinction between immigrants who arrived by plane and those who crossed the southern border. Some Venezuelans speak with contempt of the migrants who have been transported away from the border, she said.
“They should stay in Venezuela and try to remove the dictatorship,” he said of the government of President Nicolás Maduro.
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