Florida lawmakers pass bill expanding a program used to fly migrants to Democratic-led cities and states; bill heads to Gov. DeSantis for signature.
Migrants gather with their belongings outside St. Andrews Episcopal Church on Sept. 14, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard.expanding a program used to fly migrants to Democratic-led cities and states. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration will now be able to relocate migrants elsewhere from any state in the country, not just from Florida.
The move suggests that DeSantis has no intention of shying away from the contentious methods his administration has used to deal with migrants.have pointed to the practice as a necessary tool to draw attention to the border crisis in the U.S. GOP state Rep. John Snyder also argued during floor debate on Thursday that the program was"humanitarian" because it offered a"free, chartered flight" for migrants who want to move elsewhere in the country.
But Democrats and human rights advocates have decried expansion of the program, which some have compared to
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