Online records from the state of Florida's financial office show another payment to the private aviation company contracted to fly Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha's Vineyard.
Governor Ron DeSantis said he could not confirm that Florida was funding another flight for migrants in Texas, possibly to be relocated to other states. However, he defended the state funding of two flights that took Venezuelan asylum seekers from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts in the week prior.
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Florida House Democrats want Republican legislative leaders to block funding that Gov. Ron DeSantis plans to continue using to transport migrants, after two planes took a group of about 50 people from Texas to Massachusetts last week.
A Texas sheriff has opened a criminal investigation into Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' operation to fly 48 Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard last week.