first, let's go to cnn's miguel marquez in pauley's island in south carolina. miguel, tell us about ian's impact where you are there. >> reporter: yeah, the worst may be behind south carolina right now, but the cleanup has begun. what you're looking at behind me is the remnants of a very large pier i'm going to show you in a second. a couple of guys were just here, they were taking off the record fish caught off this pier. this thing is beloved in this area. this is part of it. it goes all the way down the beach, and you can see the beach here is completely eroded away s. so they're going to have to rebuild that as well. sk and i want to show you the pier itself, which is way down there. folks here say that's about half of the pier that was out here. there was a massive, long pier that went out. most of the debris is now scattered along the shore here. look, the eye came onshore, not too far, just south of where we are right now in georgetown. and there was debris on the road all the way up. we saw some fires. we've seen a lot of emergency vehicles out. there is

miguel marquez is there for us. a surprise on the island. what is the fallout today? >> reporter: a very big surprise. what is happening right now. this is a church where all 50 of them are being assisted, getting their basic needs met right now. i met one woman on that plane. she said yesterday morning, they were in san antonio. she, her husband, and their child. and they were promised help. they said they were getting on a plane, they were promised help. she, her family, and 47 others got on to two planes near san antonio. and they ended up here in martha's vineyard. i want to bring in dillon fernandez, a state representative here. you've been chatting with folks. how are they doing here and what needs are being met? >> sure. everyone's needs are being met right now. we have to move over so the person can come through here. everyone's needs, the second they got off the plane were met. this island community sprang together. everyone got the beds and the shelter. we have areas set up, triage areas with spanish-speaking attorneys. we have a play room for the children t

cnn's miguel marquez has been on martha's vineyard and has their story. >> reporter: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha's vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelan migrants were given a warm send-off. volunteers embracing each person as they boarded buses, then ferries, and onto the next part of their long journey. they're announced arrival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send migrants to see called sanctuary cities by surprise. >> all we're trying to do is offer transport to sanctuary jurisdictions free to the alien, but certainly not mandatory, and that way they're able to go and these sanctuary jurisdictions can put their money where their month is. >> reporter: these immigrants were picked up in texas. some say they were taken to a hotel to wait and then boarded planes. well, we didn't know until last minute our destination such as new york where our relatives reside, he says. we came with, as i say, the idea of reuniting with them. other immigrants we spoke to here say they were promised all sorts of things incl

miguel marquez on martha's vineyard tonight. miguel, thank you very much. i'm joined now by cnn's rosa flores, who was in houston tonight. rosa, what more do we know about how all this transpired and how these migrants were even made aware of these flights? >> you know, the circumstances are very curious, john. my colleague maria santanas spoke to two migrants, and they explained it like this. they said they were in a shelter in san antonio, texas, and there were a couple of women who approached them outside the shelter by the names of perla and dulce. and they said these women were from organizations from orlando, florida that helped migrants, and they put these migrants up in a hotel for about five days. they promised them shelter and jobs whenever they got to their final destination. and according to these two migrants, they thought they were going to new york and boston, but it turns out they ended up at martha's vineyard. now we're still digging into this, john, because, again, the circumstances are just very curious here. >> again, they were in texas.

miguel marquez talked to an immigrant. >> reporter: there were three options. washington, utah, massachusetts. the plane left and brought us here. when you step on american soil you feel at ease that you are here and well protected. you lose the stress of the journey in seven countries. very stressful across all of central america. >> a u.s. wants the justice department to get involved to see if the actions of governor desantis are legal. what's the latest on the island? >> reporter: the 50 or so immigrants that were here have moved on. it was emotional. they were here for about 48 hours in total. it wasn't impossible or difficult for martha's vineyard and the towns to step up to help the people. but it was confusing. they come with a lot of -- not a lot of baggage and physical goods but they have a very complicated life. they completed a month and a half or two or three-month journey from venezuela through jungle and extremely dangerous to cross into texas and brought here without a lot of understanding of where they were and why they were brought here and the

. >> i want to go to cnn's miguel marquez. carolina were a state of emergency has been declared in preparation for in, which is now approaching the carolinas. miguel, what does it look like we were? have you seen preparation for what is to come? >> we have a little bit of preparation to show you. they are preparing at the highest level. the city and county of charleston and the highest level of emergency preparedness. i will share what is happening with the weather right now. not a lot. the last couple of hours, we started to see the screen a little bit in the afternoon. the city is handing out sandbags by the thousands. for some people, this is an area of charleston that floods a lot. charleston dust it floods quite a bit. these guys are prepped for this thing. these things are filled with water to protect these homes here. these are substantial barriers in this neighborhood that you can see. this thing is really impressive. it will protect us home from what the biggest concern is, water. water coming from the sky and from the

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. >> and thank you, miguel marquez. and we have chad myers standing by, and you have seen miguel marquez there, and you have been through it time after time after time, and he is talking about the rain coming in sideways. where is he in terms of the encounter with ian? >> he is just to the west of ian which is likely saved damages in millions of dollars for charleston, because the 5:00 a.m. forecast was for the surge, the tide to get to 9 feet. charleston is flooding at 6 1/2, and so yes, we will flood at a foot, but not 2 1/2 feet into all of the homes really in the downtown. some sandbags can take care of that. it is still an 85-mile-an-hour storm, ap it is still going to be moving in shore of the low country of south carolina and likely close to georgetown and big city and big town right there along the marshes though, so as the rain is continuing to come in and pushes the water in, and i have been lookiing at the merles islands, and the goats are apparently not as hard to evacuate as people. they got right in. and s

correspondent miguel marquez is on the scene for us. >> reporter: after less than 48 unexpected hours, in martha's vineyard -- nearly 50 venezuela migrants were given a warm sendoff. volunteers embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and on to the next part of their long journey. their unannounced arrival wednesday all part of the campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send migrants to so-called sanctuary cities. by surprise. >> all we're trying to do is offer to transport to sanctuary jurisdictions free to the alien but certainly not mandatory and that way they're able to go and these sanctuary jurisdictions could put their mon where their mouth is. >> these were picked up in texas. some were taken to a hotel to wait and then boarded planes. well [ technical difficulties ] in new york city. >> standing at port authority, he asked me, how do i get to portland, oregon. >> to california where governor gavin newsom has ask the the department of justice to open an investigation into the controversial practice. >> what ron desantis is

cnn's miguel marquez has more.in san antonio, texas just today, along with 50 other venezuelan migrants. today, he is in martha's vineyard. >> when he got off the plane, i ask him, what did you think at the place? beautiful, gorgeous, the people are from the. he says the people in texas, he was promised up if he got on the plane, no idea where he was going. >> there are three options, he says, washington, utah, here in massachusetts, whatever available. the plane left in brussels. it's a tactic we have seen in texas, arizona and now florida. republican governors shipping migrants this so-called sanctuary cities and states with little to no notice. >> there is no low that these people will go. they will keep going lower and lower, and they are willing to use humans, children, women, families as political pawns for their own gain. it is depraved, it is evil, it is wrong, but what makes america great is what we see here today, which is island community and a stay in massachusetts coming together to support people here

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first, though, let's go to cnn's miguel marquez, live in charleston, south carolina. miguel, it's coming for you. >> it is coming. we don't know how much punch ian has left, but it is already start to pour here. they have issued a flash flood warning here in charleston. i want to show you what the bay looks like here. this is the area that will flood here in the city. this floods on a good day, but what they are expecting is a 9-foot tide around noon, around noon, is also when that storm is going to sort of come into this area. they're not quite sure where it's going to hit. so if you have a 9-foot tide, where it floods around 7 feet here, on top of that, a storm surge and water coming down from the sky. you're going to have a real problem here. there goes a police officer through roads that are starting to collect water here. several roads have already been shut down in charleston. they are at their highest level of alert here in the city and the county, ready for anything that ian can throw at them. there are lots of low-lying areas along the coast here, telling peop

cnn's senior national correspondent miguel marquez is joining us now with the latest. estigation. the bear county sheriff where san antonio is, says he has opened a criminal investigation to look into who exactly tried to lure 48 migrants to martha's vineyard. saying they were led there under false pretenses and is asking for more information. this as the fight between republican governors and some blue states gets even worse. >> an indication of how some migrants are being convinced to travel from red states to blue. a pamphlet provided to venezuelan asylumseekers going from texas to martha's vineyard. the pamphlet offers refugee assistance including cash and employment services. all the migrants flown to martha's vineyard were seeking asylum, not refugee status. more buses, more migrants shipped from texas to new york city. no heads up, no coordination. >> this is a humanitarian crisis created by human hands. >> reporter: mayor adams blaming texas governor greg abbott who continues to send bus loads of migrants to new york city. six buses already arriving today, at le

. >> cnn's senior national correspondent miguel marquez is in martha's vineyard this morning.ou've been speaking, we've seen it, to these migrants, i'm curious what you're hearing. a key question is did they know where they were going? >> reporter: they did not. we spoke to over a dozen immigrants here between myself and our cnn espanol counterparts and none of them knew what they were doing. from what we understand they were all in texas, all from venezuela, they were contacted by several -- a few people that had been talking to them, they were at a refuge or a location there where they were being cared for, a shelter, and then these individuals said do you need help? do you want a job? we can do this, we can do that. so they signed on. they had little else to do so they said if you guys are going to help out, absolutely. they took them to another location, they were -- they were -- they stayed there for several days a hotel in texas, and then on a couple of days ago planes arrived, they were all taken to an airport, put on these two planes. the planes stopped a couple of tim

miguel marquez, thank you. >>> now to ukraine. russian president vladimir putin praised china's balanced position on the war in ukraine at an in-person meeting with president xi jinping today. on the battlefield ukrainian forces continue to make advances despite russia's ongoing assault on civilian infrastructure. an attack at a local reservoir caused major flooding and evacuations. >> regardless of the recent gains, ukraine, again, asked the u.s. for a longer range missile systems and tanks and sources tell cnn the biden administration has denied these requests, at least for now. cnn's katie bo lillis joins us now. what do you know about the response to the request? >> so for the last couple of days some of our colleagues and i have been surveying biden administration officials as well as military to get a sense that would translate to conversations about potentially upping the ante on the kind of military and intelligence support that they're providing to ukraine, potentially sending some of the items on ukraine's wish list that

cnn's miguel marquez reports. >> reporter: an indication of how some migrants are being convinced to travel from red states to blue. a pamphlet provided to venezuelan asylum seekers. the pamphlet offers refugee services including cash and employment services. all were seeking asylum, not refugee status. more buses, more migrants shipped from texas to new york city. heads up, no coordination. >> this is, as i stated, a humanitarian crisis created by human hands. >> reporter: mayor adams blaming governor desantis. six buses arriving today. >> when we reached out to governor abbott and stated, can we coordinate? can we identify, you know, who's traveling here so we don't be have to guess this, they refused to do so. >> reporter: the influx pushing new york city's shelter city to its limit the mayor says. more than 11,000 asylum seekers since may. >> to relieve our communities we have to continue these bussing operations. >> reporter: with a sharp increase in border crossings, sanctuary cities and states are legitimate destinations. >> there's also going to be buses and likely more fligh

>> i mean, our reporters have been there in martha's vineyard, miguel marquez.e talked to one man, he's got an asylum hearing in san antonio in the days ahead but found himself in martha's vineyard. it sort of doesn't make any sense to shuttle the problem around, you point out. now this texas sheriff says he wants to investigate whether any laws were broken. what do you think about that? >> well, human trafficking comes to mind as a potential problem for these people who are shipping these immigrants around. it's something to look into definitely. if you're making false promises and shipping people by plane and there were 100 of them when they arrived by plane, that's just a major problem. let's consider that. where is that going? suppose the governor of new york wants to ship some homeless people from new york and he arranges for a flit for them to fly to florida or, for example, a mayor of a city, say new jersey, wants to ship welfare recipients to higher income level somewhere in new york city, it's endless. it has to stop. it's not in the national interests.

miguel marquez standing by there. miguel, i can see it's already coming down hard. >> reporter: it is. and officials here in charleston say that we are at the highest level, starting to shut down streets, because the rain is coming down. this is an area that often floods in charleston. i want to show you what it looks like here. this is the estuary here. it is very low, because we're just past low tide. here's the problem. you have all of this rain coming from the sky. you're also going to have a very big storm surge and that's what they are most concerned with. around noon, which is when the storm is going to be closest to land and probably make landfall, it is also going to coincide with the tide here. they're expecting it not -- the tide here. this sea wall and many areas of charleston flood on a day. they are bracing for very big floods here, asking -- they are doing everything they can to sandbag homes, to open shelters for those who may need them, and anybody in low-lying areas here, saying stay away from the oce

. >>> let's go to cnn's miguel marquez, in charleston. miguel, tell us what it is like right there right now. >> reporter: we are experiencing some of the worst of the storm we have seen so far -- for quite some time. the national weather service -- announcing a short time ago that the eye of the storm is just about to make landfall, just north of where i'm standing, between mu between myrtle beach where nick is and where i am. i want to show you how deep the flooding is where i am. this is what they're dealing with. flooding about -- it is up above the ankles, but it is all throughout the area, a lot tof trees down. the ground is so -- the good bit for charleston is that the tide was not as high as they were afraid it was going to be. and the storm surge is hitting farther north. so it looks like charleston is not going to flood as much as they were concerned with. the winds have been in the 50-mile-per-hour -- gusting up to 50-mile-per-hour in this area. fort sumter saw an 83-mile-an-hour gust. that was the highest in the state so far. b

. >> miguel marquez on the ground in martha's vineyard. >> joining us is chris wallace, cnn anchor and host of "who's talking to chris wallace." it's so great to have you this morning, chris. what do you think watching this go on in martha's vineyard? >> you know, i think there are two sides to this story. i understand people who are upset, who say the and sometimes not knowing where they're going to be dropped off at martha's vineyard or at the corner of massachusetts avenue or on the other hand, if you're the governor of texas or florida, you're saying we have been forced to deal with this ourselves, alone all this time and this should be we're going to make everybody fool and the fact is, you know, we've been covering it as the lead story every hour all morning. so to a degree, you may not like the tactics of desantis or abbott but they accomplished their mission, which is to make this a national problem, not just a problem in their state. >> at least put it in a national focus to make sure it's something people are talking about to be sure. we are in the midfor the general election

miguel marquez has more on their journey. >> referee: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha'sineyard, nearly 50 venezuelal migrants were given a warm sendoff, embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and onto the next part of their long journey. their unannounced rival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and florida governor ron desantis to send them to sanctuary cities by surprise. >> free to the alien but certainly not mandatory. and that way they're able to go and these sanctuary jurisdiction cans put their money where their mouth is. >> reporter: these immigrants were picked up in texas. some were taken to a hotel to wait, then boarded planes. well, we didn't know until last minute such as our destination where our relatives reside in new york. they say they were promised all sorts of things, including jobs and housing, things that never materialized. we were told it was humanitarian aid by a foundation that in this case remains unknown, he says. it's just the latest account of migrants seemingly deceased and dropped off. from wa

miguel marquez has their story. >> reporter: after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha's vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelan migrants were given a warm sendoff. volunteer embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and on to the next part of the journey. it is all part of a campaign by greg abbott and ron desantis to send migrants to so-called sanctuary cities by surprise. >> all we're trying to do is offer transport to sanctuary jurisdictions free to the alien but certainly not mandatory. and in that way they are able to go and these jurisdictions can put their money where they mouth is. >> reporter: these immigrants were picked up in texas, some say they were taken to a hotel to wait and then boarded planes. well, we didn't know until last minute our destination such as new york where our relatives reside, he says. some of the immigrants we spoke to say they were promised all sorts of things including jobs and housing. things that never materialized. we were told it was humanitarian aid by a foundation that in this case remains unknown, he says. it is just the latest ac

our miguel marquez was interviewing someone in martha a's vineyard. they have a hearing in texas. walk us through the process, the loopholes they have to jump through, how difficult is it? >> it's a challenging process. the initial screening has to show they have a quote, unquote, significant difficulty. immigration courts are very back doinged almost 2 million cases. people are getting their final hearing input. they have to show they have a well-founded presentation based on their religion, political beliefs or membership in a group. just showing you fear for your life is not ultimately it. >> these people at martha's vineyard are from venezuela. that's a left wing leadership. that's what they'll use much they've gone through this excruciating process. to get a permit to work in the united states, how long does that take. >> there are two roles. they are able to work in the united states while they're waiting. because of how backlogged they are, that could be years. processing visas is very backlogged. they're waiting months and that's on top of the 150 day waiting period. once

let's go miguel marquez on the ground. last hour we to interrupt you to get to florida governor ron desantis. high tide two hours away. year feeling it clearly? >> yeah, this is the biggest concern. the high tide and whatever sort of water that storm pushes in as well. that storm surge. they're not exactly sure how those two things will work together. we have about an hour reprieve from wind and rain and now it is picking up again f. from now about 10:00 a.m. through 1:00 it is expected to be the worst. we could see out to the wetlands and moving out to see. they're watching the tides. this is an area along here, let me show you this, this is the area, the south of the -- the south part of charleston. it typically floods on a good day. it will flood. they expect to see floods now. what they're unsure of is where the hurricane will come in and whether or not it will push more water up on to the land or if it will actually help and push water out to sea. right now we see the clouds still moving everything out to sea. so it i

cnn's miguel marquez has been there for us. what is it looking like right now? >> reporter: well, coy tell you we are in it right now. this is as bad as we've seen all day long. ronnie, if you could just show, this is the bay. the estuary right near the battery at the end of charleston and this is where they get a lot of flooding, as chad said there was a nine foot tide talked about earlier. swing over this way and look at this street. this is the very last street here in charleston. there was a nine foot tide, now it is 7.5. the other thing that happened, even though it looks miserable out here, because that storm is going to be north of us, it going to be a lot of the water and the storm surge out to sea and away if charleston. where they expect some flooding, they've closed some streets. charleston floods on a good day. so they expect to see some needing here but it looks like the worst may come to other areas and they are warning anybody in the much lower areas to stay away from the ocean and treat the storm with great respect and we saw what it did in flori

. >> that is miguel marquez who joins us live from massachusetts. you've been speaking with people there on the ground. what are they telling you, miguel? >> reporter: it's murky how they ended up from texas two days ago here to martha's vineyard. it's not clear how many more nights they will be here. but from what we understand, we spoke to a dozen immigrants between myself and my colleagues, they all said the same thing, they were approached by somebody in san antonio at the shelter they were at, asked if they wanted an opportunity, they were taken to a hotel, held for planes to come, put them on planes. they were all from venezuala, they all were in texas, the planes came, no one else got on, got off, then they landed here. happy to be here but confused. for the lawyers and the officials trying to help them out here, meeting their immediate needs because most of them had little, if anything on them. that's job one. it's already getting cool in the mornings so they needed to get them clothes, food, shelter, all that. lawyers are saying now that the

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cnn's miguel marquez. we know you arrived there a short time ago. what do you know about the migrants there and how they are doing right now? >> they are doing well, given everything they are been through. everyone i have spoken to, i have spoken to about a dozen of them so far. they are all in san antonio, texas, yesterday morning. and then, they arrived here. we know a little about them. there's about seven families among the 50 on the 2 planes. there's four children between the ages of 3 and 8 that are here, as well. and the planes arrive here at martha's vineyard, in about 20 minutes, the airport manager said. this is the st. andrews parish house across the street from the church here. this is where they have set up. the people that pulled together, there's five towns on this island. it's well known for the rich and famous that come here during the summer, there's about 20,000 people that are here all year round. and they are organizing to get all of this together. i want to talk about this to one of the organizers. larkin stalling. you are with

cnn correspondent miguel marquez has more on their journey. >> after less than 48 unexpected hours ins vineyard nearly 50 venezuelan migrants were given a warm sendoff. volunteers embracing each person as they boarded busses. , then ferries and on to the next part of their long journey. their unannounced arrival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbot and florida governor ron desantis to so-called sanctuary cities by surprise. >> all we're trying to do is offer transport to sanctuary jurisdictions free to the alien and certainly not mandatory and that way they're able to go and these sanctuary jurisdictions can put their money where their mouth is. >> these immigrants were picked up in texas and others were taken to a hotel to wait and then boarded planes. well, we didn't know until last minute our destination such as new york where our relatives reside, he says. paolo mora and other immigrants said they were promised all sort of things including onsjobs and housing. nothing that happened. we were told by a foundation that in this case remains unknown, he says. i

i want to begin with miguel marquez who is out front in pawleys island in south carolina. what are you seeing on the ground there? >> this is just some of the damage. it came on as a category 1 hurricane here just south of where we are. but this is some of the damage that it still caused. this was a massive pier that locals used to fish off of and love. this is what's left of it. about half of that pier is now gone. we drove up from charleston and saw lots of emergency vehicles and roads blocked off. lots of tree damage. trees over electrical lines. the whole area is really battered, to a large degree, from this storm, even though it was only a category 1. they are used to storms here in south carolina, but because of the damage in florida, people were really paying attention. there were no evacuation orders here, but we did not see a lot of people out in charleston. we have no reports of anybody injured or killed up in this area. it is amazing. we met people who were on the beach and staying here on vacation. they survived all ten members of their family survived. so, as

. >> i want to get to miguel marquez, he's out front in new york city which has received a massive influxby the republican governor greg abbott of texas. let's start with this lawsuit that has been filed for desantis. what more are the migrants accusing desantis of doing? >> reporter: essentially that this was a situation where these migrants, the suit says, lived a hellish live in venezuela and had an even more hellish journey from venezuela into the u.s. and desantis and other state officials designed and executed a premeditated fraudulent and illegal scheme to advance their own personal financial and political interests. to the degree that the suit says that they were trolling the streets at migrant shelters in san antonio, texas, looking for these individuals. individuals who were hungry, who needed assistance. they were offering them $10 mcdonald's gift certificate cards. and then the suit says they made false promises including that they would have everything from employment, housing, educational opportunities if they boarded that plane to what they thought was either new york city

cnn's miguel marquez is where we start, he is on grountd in charleston. miguel, high tide only hours away, we saw what the storm surge did in florida. what are you seeing there and what are officials worried about? >> reporter: it's exactly that, that high tide with the storm surge at the same time and it just depends on where that storm makes landfall and where the tide happens to be at the moment. i want to show you what's happening here now, we are in a bit of a lull, have been in a lull for 45 minutes now, it looks like in the next half hour to hour or so we're really going to get slammed and it's going to be full on for the next few hours. if you could just stay still, you can see the speed at which the clouds are going by. this is the bay here in charleston, this is an area that often floods in charleston, so they expect it will. 7 feet tide is where it normally floods here, they're expecting a 9 foot tide plus a storm surge, plus water coming down in the form of rain. so all of that added together they are concerned about. there have always been som

. >> i'm miguel marquez in martha's vineyard. this is the location, this is the one homeless shelter they have on the entire island. there are five different towns here, st. andrews parish house can usually handle ten, they had to increase the number to 50 immigrants after they were dropped off on two different planes in martha's vineyard. seven different families, four children between the ages of 3 and 8. this is some of the work that the town is doing. the towns here on martha's vineyard have come together and are collecting everything from clothing to cash to food. and even lawyers. right now there are lawyers speaking who were talking to immigrants throughout the day, kind of getting a sense of why they came here, what their situation is, trying to figure out the road ahead for them. the concern that officials have here is that this might not be the end of it. they may see more planes coming in with migrants in the days and weeks ahead. they are preparing for that possibility. at the same time they say the 50 here now they e

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miguel marquez is live in martha's vineyard for us. let's start there. what is happening there right now? >> reporter: kate, not sure if you could -- not sure if you could hear me. so what is happening here now that all 50 migrants have been put on buses and are headed to a ferry and going to the main land. the concern for people here is not their ability to handle 50 migrants from somewhere else or 50 people of any sort. but one they arrived here without any notice whatsoever. the planes were about 20 minutes out when they informed the airport here on martha's vineyard that they were going to land and only once they landed and started to deplane did they realize who was on the planes. it was extraordinarily difficult for them to sort of meet their immediate basic needs. and that is what they did in saint andrew's parish house here. they were able to stay here for a couple of nights and more importantly meet with lawyers. this is really where it gets difficult for these migrants. they were flown here, they were found in texas by several individuals who t

we start our coverage with cnn's miguel marquez on martha's vineyard where the community is scrambling to try to provide support for these migrants. >> reporter: this man was in san antonio yesterday along with 50 other venezuelan migrants. today he's in martha's vineyard. when you got off the plane, i ask him, what did you think of this place? beautiful, gorgeous, the people are very friendly. he says in texas he was promised help if he got on the plane, no idea where he was going. there were three options, he says, washington, utah, here in massachusetts, whatever was available. the plane left and brought us here. it's a tactic we've seen in texas, arizona and now florida. republican governors shipping migrants to so-called sanctuary cities and states with little to no notice. >> there's no low that those people will go. they'll keep going lower and lower and they're willing to use humans, children, women, families as political pawns for their own game. it is depraved. it is evil. it is wrong. but what makes america great is what we see here today which is an island community and a s

cnn's miguel marquez is on martha's vineyard as one massachusetts prosecutor is calling for the justicertment to now get involved. after less than 48 unexpected hours in martha's vineyard, nearly 50 venezuelan migrants were given a warm sendoff. volunteers embracing each person as they boarded buses. then ferries and on to the next part of their long journey. their unaannounced arrival wednesday all part of a campaign by texas governor greg abbott and ron desantis to send migrants to so-called sanctuary cities by surprise. >> all we're trying to do is offer transport free to the alien, but certainly not mandatory. and that way, they're able to go and these sanctuary jurisdictions can put their money where their mouth is. >> reporter: these immigrants were picked up in texas. a lot of them say they were taken to a hotel to wait and then boarded planes. well, we didn't know until the last minute our destination, such as new york, where our relatives reside, he says. we came with, as i say, the idea of reuniting with them. other immigrants we spoke to here say they were promised all sorts

miguel marquez spoke to one man who said his plane originated in san antonio. >> there were three optionse left and brought us here. when you step on american soil, you feel at ease that you're here and well protected. you lose the stress of the journey we had to go through in seven countries. very stressful across all of central america. >> today, governor ron desantis is disputing accusations that his team misled any of the venezuelans they were relocating, and he vowed florida will use every penny of his allowed budget to relocate migrants to other states. >> the folks that are contracted not only do they give them a release form to sign, they actually give them a packet, and in that packet included a map of martha's vineyard. it was obvious that's where they were going and they gave that to them, and here's the thing, it's all voluntary. >> joining me now is democratic congresswoman sheila jackson lee. she represents texas and is a member of the house judiciary committee. good to have you back. we had congressman crist on a few minutes ago who said the doj should investigate here. do

miguel marquez has been talking to voters in biden's hometown of scranton, pennsylvania, to see what live now. what are they telling you, miguel? >> reporter: good morning, brianna. look, we came up here expecting that republicans across the board would be 100% against student loan forgiveness but we discovered that a lot of people are affected by student debt and some republicans aren't exactly against forgiveness. >> welcome to the farmers market. >> reporter: the market here the real deal. ♪ ♪ >> the pennsylvania polka. >> reporter: farmers from the area selling what they grow. >> what kind of season are you having? >> we're having a fair season. it's been dry. it's hurt us on our second crop. >> reporter: jim has farmed here for 50 years. like many republicans he says if one borrows money, they should pay it back. >> it's a loan, it's a loan. >> right. >> whether i take a loan to buy the farm, i have to pay it back. they're taking a loan to get an education, they should pay it back. ♪ >> reporter: but some republicans -- >> it seems like the country right now is moving towards so

. >> miguel marquez begins our coverage in martha's vineyard tonight. you had a chance to speak to people there. what have you learned about the situation? >> reporter: yeah, look, two parts. the people here in martha's vineyard are stepping up. i want to show you what's happening right now. lawyers who've been chatting with the immigrants there, they are giving a very brief sort of preview of what they've heard today so that in the days ahead, maybe a day or two, most of the people who are here in martha's vineyard tonight will be on to other locations. this man was in san antonio, texas, yesterday, along with 50 other venezuelan migrants. today he's in martha's vineyard. when you got off the plane, i asked him, what did you think of this place? beautiful, gorgeous. the people are friendly. in texas he was promised help if he got on the plane. no idea where he was going. there were three options, he says, washington, utah, here in massachusetts, whatever was available. the plane left and brought us here. it's a tactic we've seen in texas, arizona, and

. >> cnn correspondent miguel marquez is in martha's vineyard and speaking to migrants.stion, because republican governors and others have sent the migrants who said it is their choice, oftentimes have signed some sort of agreement to say they're okay being moved. you've spoken to them. to your knowledge, is that true? >> they are happy for help. they would like, i think, to know what that help is and where they will be and what they are going on to. because all of these people have refugee claims. there is a legal process they have to partake in. many of them we spoke to have hearings coming up in los angeles, cincinnati, washington state, d.c., back in texas. and getting to that and keeping up with that process, remaining legal during that process is complicated by the fact that they were brought to martha's vineyard. there is no doubt that the people stepped up here and helped them out. it was incredibly emotional to watch them one by one with the few pieces of clothing that they had and the few things that they were given here loading on to buses to get on to the fer