Wapo expresses concern for life on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket now that migrants are gone

Leftists are losing their minds over the deportation efforts taking place under President Donald Trump, and the reasons why are just as selfish as you can imagine.

While riots rage in Los Angeles, the East Coast is having its own reckoning with immigration law enforcement. The Washington Post is covering the tragedy of illegal aliens being rounded up in Martha’s Vineyard, and in doing so has said the quiet part out loud.

Look:

Life on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket has been disrupted after migrant workers were shackled and boarded onto Coast Guard boats, igniting fear among undocumented workers who form the backbone of the islands’ workforce. https://t.co/rTUwnuCSO0

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 8, 2025

“Life on Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket has been disrupted after migrant workers were shackled and boarded onto Coast Guard boats, igniting fear among undocumented workers who form the backbone of the islands’ workforce,” the caption of the article reads.

Ah, yes, heaven forbid the elites are deprived of their undocumented, underpaid laborers.

From the article:

A million-dollar home excavation project has been delayed because workers were too afraid to show up at the construction site. A pool at a vacation inn was closed to guests after the maintenance crew didn’t arrive. And entire businesses on this New England island have shut down.

Life on Martha’s Vineyard and the adjacent island of Nantucket has been disrupted since officers arrested dozens of immigrants late last month, igniting fear among undocumented workers who form the backbone of the workforce here just as the busy summer season gets underway.

The arrests hit a nerve in a liberal enclave known for welcoming everyone: presidents — former president Barack Obama has an oceanfront property here — LGBTQ+ activists, racial minorities, celebrities and a large cluster of immigrants from Brazil. People checked in on friends and warned them to stay off the roads. Residents staged a protest at the ferry docks where agents were loading up shackled migrants onto boats. One man followed the officers with a camera and heckled them.

X users didn’t hold back in the comments:

Remember when 50 illegals were sent to Martha’s Vineyard and they called in the National Guard to remove them inside of 48 hours pic.twitter.com/J0bkzHL8pV

— Western Lensman (@WesternLensman) June 8, 2025

Sorry wealthy progressives can’t have their illegal indentured servants.

— WM (@APTeacher1754) June 8, 2025

The meme irl pic.twitter.com/GAWvnIKhTe

— Señia (@SeniaVJ) June 8, 2025

Should they really have a ‘backbone’ made up of illegals? They can afford to pay fair wages to actual legal workers.

— K J Gillenwater (@kjgillenwater) June 9, 2025

Sounds like slave labor.

— GayPatriot (@GayPatriot) June 9, 2025

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