Last September, Ron DeSantis flew 50 migrants into the elite New England summer colony of Martha’s Vineyard. Less than 48 hours later, the town’s liberal blue bloods gathered teary-eyed in front of the Episcopal church to wave goodbye as their various amigos nuevos were loaded onto hastily-secured, idling Greyhounds. The CNN headline: “They enriched us.” Migrants’ 44-hour visit leaves indelible mark on Martha’s Vineyard.”

The residents of Martha’s Vineyard got everything progressive elites want: open borders and diversity for as long as it takes for the buses to pull into town. They got to live their values for a tight 44 hours, just long enough to imagine that their values might have been tested and, touchingly, proven. A year later, big sanctuary cities like New York, Chicago, LA, and others have actually had their values tested, and frankly, they’re getting sick of it. 

“This action by the governor of Texas is a reflection of how incapable he is of running a state, of meeting a crisis head-on. It’s just really pathetic. But Los Angeles is a place where we value and welcome everyone,” said Los Angeles mayor Karen Bass this June, after Greg Abbot sent a bus of 42 migrants to her city as part of a larger bussing program that sends migrants to sanctuary cities and states. “This did not catch us off guard, nor will it intimidate us.”