DeSantis admin appeals in Martha's Vineyard migrant flight records fight
Controversy centers around the administration using tax dollars to fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts
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Controversy centers around the administration using tax dollars to fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts
In addition to reporting unprecedented numbers of migrant deaths over the past years, Border Patrol has recorded a sharp increase in rescues and life-saving operations to assist migrants in distress.
A Leon County circuit judge Tuesday ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration did not comply with the state's public-records law after an open-government group sought records about a controversial decision to fly migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
The lawsuit alleged that the governor's office did not comply with requests to release a series of records about the flights
A federal inspector general for the U.S. Treasury Department is looking into whether state funds used last month by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to fly migrants to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts were improperly used.
Documents provide new insights into Sept. 14th flight of migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard
They arrived in a small boat early Thursday morning
On Thursday, Governor DeSantis doubled down on his decision.
Sen. Jason Pizzo said the DeSantis administration broke the law on migrant flights from Texas to Martha's Vineyard
Local advocates came together Tuesday, denouncing Governor Ron DeSantis for relocating 48 Venezuelan migrants from an immigration facility in San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard, with no advanced notice.
Local advocates came together Tuesday, denouncing Governor Ron DeSantis for relocating 48 Venezuelan migrants from an immigration facility in San Antonio to Martha's Vineyard, with no advanced notice.
As he defended sending migrants to "sanctuary jurisdictions," Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday was hit with a potential class-action lawsuit that alleged Venezuelan migrants were lured with false promises to fly last week from Texas to Martha's Vineyard in Massachusetts.
A probe has been requested to investigate migrant flights to Martha's Vineyard
The number of Venezuelans, Cubans and Nicaraguans taken into custody at the U.S. border with Mexico soared in August as migrants from Mexico and traditional sending countries were stopped less frequently, authorities said Monday.
DeSantis declared that the country's immigration system is "on the ballot" this November.
During a rally in Kansas, the governor criticized the Biden administration's immigration policies
Authorities say migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard on the orders of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will be moved to housing on a military base on Cape Cod.
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday defended his decision to fly two plane loads of undocumented migrants to Martha's Vineyard even as a group was holding a rally in South Florida to denounce the governor's
Ted Scouten reports there were at least 50 Venezuelans who were flown to Martha's Vineyard under the governor's orders.
Massachusetts state Rep. Dylan Fernandes called the move by the DeSantis government to transport migrants to the island with seemingly no coordination "evil."
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis sent two planeloads of undocumented migrants to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, on Wednesday, according to Fox News.
The policy is a dramatic departure from a Trump regulation that made it harder for low-income immigrants to become permanent residents.
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The Florida Supreme Court approved Gov. Ron DeSantis' request to impanel a statewide grand jury to investigate immigration-related issues.
The Biden administration says it will expand flights to Cuba, take steps to loosen restrictions on U.S. travelers to the island, and lift Trump-era restrictions on remittances that immigrants can send to people on the island.
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In Miami-Dade, nearly 34,000 people signed up for appointments in February, and about 67% requested the Spanish-language exam.
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A Lake Worth Beach man was sentenced to one year and one day in federal prison after prosecutors say he struck and resisted ICE officers.
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The criticism continued even after the White House removed the video after the initial backlash.
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The U.S. military struck an alleged drug-carrying boat in the Pacific on Thursday, marking the 38th vessel to be struck over the last five months and the second this year.
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Haitian American advocates, like Miami Dade County Commissioner Marlene Bastien, say the move is both cruel and creates a sense of fear in the community.
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