Re: Here we go...
If that quote is accurate, I'm not surprised they wanted it gone as quickly as possible.
It appears to be accurate, and as you say, appears to have been someone speaking without thinking. Or possibly Freudian. Regardless, it's a bit of a mess. But I think the bigger mess is the way media and politics has become ever more polarised, despite Biden's claim that he was going to heal the divide.
It is rather unpleasent, ie illegal immigrants are being used as political pawns. But both sides have been doing that, so the Federal 'night flights' shuttling migrants from Democrat cities to Republican ones, like Florida. Politicians claim those were also without warning, but I suspect they were co-ordinated within the DHS. It has exposed hypocrisy though, eg-
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-62921858
Three states - Texas, Arizona and Florida - have announced initiatives to move migrants to Democratic-led ones, which they have accused of being "sanctuary" jurisdictions that fail to enforce immigration laws.
Which is curiously worded given the Bbc's previously reported as US cities declared their 'sanctuary' status. The VP declares the US borders are secure, then gets a couple of buses demonstrating they're perhaps not. The Mayor of Chicago buses her migrants out into Republican controlled suburbs without notice or warning. And then there's Martha's Vineyard, where home owners have notices welcoming all, yet can't cope with only 50 people they're supposedly welcoming. Not a good look for one of the richest, least diverse and least populated parts of the US.
They do have a small point though, ie another spox said the Vineyard is full. They don't have enough housing for their workers. Plenty of empty bedrooms and land for the wealthy though, but that's a challenge with gentrification. So their response to the 'invasion' has been to call out the National Guard, and shipping their guests to a military base. Chicago's response has been equally hypocritical. One of the largest US cities, currently de-populating claims it doesn't have the support services or infrastructure to host a few hundred migrants, but a suburb apparently can.
But such is politics. The media (and left) still seems fixated on Trump, yet De Santis is probably a much greater threat. The Dems may try running Newsom against him, which would be.. entertaining. But politicians seem increasingly out of touch. Polls say people's concerns are mainly the crime and the economy. Crime especially in a lot of Democrat controlled cities, like Chicago and NY. And some of those cities seem to want to make that problem worse. Defund the police. End 'cash bail'. I've never been a fan of the US bail system, but there are good reasons to keep (allegedly) violent offenders off the streets pending trial. But politicians are right that the US (and UK) are nations of immigrants, it's just there needs to be some form of management. Add a few hundred thousand people a year, and you need to increase housing, infrastructure and services to support those migrants, which we haven't really been doing.