{"id":52434,"date":"2022-09-16T09:02:10","date_gmt":"2022-09-16T16:02:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52434"},"modified":"2022-09-16T10:02:40","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T17:02:40","slug":"desantis-migrant-dumps-come-with-political-risks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=52434","title":{"rendered":"DeSantis migrant dumps come with political risks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>ORLANDO, Fla<\/strong>. \u2013 Ron DeSantis\u2019s decision to fly dozens of migrants to Martha\u2019s Vineyard marked the latest \u2014 and one of the most dramatic \u2014 efforts by the Florida governor to court conservatives at home and nationally as he positions himself for a 2024 presidential run.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The arrival of two plane loads of migrants \u2014 most of whom appear to be from Venezuela \u2014 in the elite Massachusetts resort town signaled a drastic escalation of a tactic used by several Republican state officials in recent months to protest the rise in illegal immigration under the Biden administration.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>For DeSantis, a rising Republican star, the stunt appeared tailor-made to woo the GOP\u2019s conservative base as he seeks a second term in the governor\u2019s mansion and weighs a potential White House run. But the move could also carry political risks, especially in a state that has long been a destination for migrants fleeing oppressive governments in Latin America.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ORLANDO, Fla. \u2013 Ron DeSantis\u2019s decision&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-52434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52434"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52434\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52435,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52434\/revisions\/52435"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}