Florida to consider expanding DeSantis' migrant flight program
The Florida Legislature is set to consider expanding Gov. Ron DeSantis' program that was used to fly dozens of migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is expected to use a special legislative session next week to build out a high-profile program that was used last year to fly dozens of migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts.
State legislators plan to consider a bill that would build on DeSantis’ executive order by creating an “Unauthorized Alien Transport Program" as part of an effort “to respond to the influx of migrants landing in the Florida Keys,” according to a pair of memos issued by legislative leaders to members of the state House and Senate.
The special session, which starts Monday, comes weeks after hundreds of Cuban and Haitian migrants arrived in the Florida Keys, after many of them made the treacherous journey in handmade boats.
GOP state Sen. Blaise Ingoglia is set to sponsor the new legislation, which would create a program within the Division of Emergency Management, according to the Senate memo.
Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, a Republican, said the bill would be used "to facilitate the voluntary transport of unauthorized migrants, who have been processed by the federal government and released into the United States."
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