On Thursday, The U.K. Daily Mail posted an article about a drug bust on Nantucket Island. Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard are two islands off the coast of Massachusetts that are generally playgrounds for the rich and famous. See map below:

The article reports:

A suspected drug dealer caught up in Nantucket’s biggest ever coke bust has been defended by residents as ‘a person of high character working towards bettering himself.’ 

Locals came out in support of Francisco Fernandez Sanchez, 31, this week after police say they busted him with over 2.5 kg of cocaine alongside an array of drug paraphernalia and scales. 

Residents in the affluent town sent letters claiming Sanchez poses no threat to the community, despite prosecutors saying the seizure that led to his arrest was the largest cocaine bust in the history of Nantucket Island with an estimated street value over $257,000. 

I guess if you are selling drugs, you are at least financially bettering yourself. And he is here legally.

The article continues:

Ahead of a hearing on Tuesday to decide whether Sanchez would be released on bail as he prepares for trial, a number of his friends and family including residents of the liberal billionaires’ enclave submitted letters on his behalf, reports the Nantucket Current. 

The letters reportedly described Sanchez as a man of high character who was attempting to turn his life around. 

Sanchez’ attorney Patrick Callaghan also pleaded with the judge for his release, saying he was in the military in his native Dominican Republic before he moved to the US legally with a green card in 2018. 

Callaghan tried to claim his client was ‘not a danger to the community,’ despite the severity of the charges he faces.  

But Massachusetts Superior Court Judge Diane Freniere was not impressed with the arguments and interrupted Callaghan as he made his case with a blunt rebuttal. 

‘Cocaine kills people,’ she shot back at him – before setting Sanchez’s bail at $75,000 cash. 

Contrast this with the behavior of the people of Martha’s Vineyard when a group of illegal aliens showed up on their island in September 2022.

In September 2022, The U.K. Daily Mail reported:

• The 50 migrants who were flown into the affluent island by Gov. Ron DeSantis are now being moved to a military base 32 miles away
• It sparked a widespread cry of outrage from the liberal leaders of the small island in Massachusetts who branded the move ‘inhumane’ 
• Gov. Charlie Baker announced the decision to transfer the illegal immigrants less than 48 hours after they touched down
• DeSantis accused critics of his move to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard of ‘virtue signaling’, saying their concern for the welfare of the migrants was a ‘fraud’ 

One might wonder why a drug dealer would be so welcome on an exclusive island and a busload of innocent illegal aliens would not be welcome on a similar island nearby.