Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis chartered two flights to send migrants recruited in San Antonio to the tony Massachusetts vacation spot, a move that drew outrage after some migrants later said they were misled into getting on the planes.
Alishba Javaid
Alishba Javaid was a 2022 fall reporting fellow. She is a junior at the University of Texas at Austin, where she studies journalism and international relations and global studies. She has been a videographer and life and arts reporter at The Daily Texan, where she featured marginalized student voices. She is president of the UT chapter of the Asian American Journalists Association and is passionate about the accurate representation of people of color in the news. She describes herself as a big book and language nerd who likes to watch cat reels on TikTok.
