More chartered flights from Haiti expected as Americans escape rising gang violence
Amid rising gang violence in Haiti, the U.S. Department of State is vowing to charter even more flights of Americans stuck in the Caribbean country with some expected to land as early as Wednesday.
โAn American problem:โ DeSantis defends Florida flying migrants to California
Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday called for states to be โmore aggressiveโ in immigration enforcement, as California officials continued investigating potential criminal wrongdoing after Florida directed flights of migrants from Texas to Sacramento.
Appeals court rejects challenge to law banning sanctuary cities in Florida
In a win for Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican lawmakers, a federal appeals court Thursday tossed out a challenge to a 2019 immigration law that banned so-called sanctuary cities in Florida.
Judge sides with Florida in immigration lawsuit against Biden administration
Siding largely with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and Attorney General Ashley Moody, a federal judge on Wednesday ruled that the Biden administrationโs handling of immigrants at the Southwest border violates federal law.
Gov. DeSantis rolls out new initiatives aimed at cracking down on undocumented migrants
Gov. Ron DeSantis was in Jacksonville on Thursday morning to speak about what he calls an ongoing crisis when it comes to migrants coming into the United States illegally, according to News 6 partner News4Jax.
Bill allowing Florida to fly migrants around the US passes state Senate
Republicans in the Florida Senate passed a bill that gives the state the authority to fly migrants who arrive here anywhere in the country to other locations.
Florida GOP lawmakers likely backing DeSantisโ migrant flight plan
The Florida Senate on Wednesday likely will take up a plan that would bolster Gov. Ron DeSantisโ efforts to send migrants to โsanctuaryโ cities and states, as Republicans and Democrats battle over the issue.
Florida judge rules against Gov. DeSantis on migrant records
A Leon County circuit judge Tuesday ruled that Gov. Ron DeSantisโ administration did not comply with the stateโs public-records law after an open-government group sought records about a controversial decision to fly migrants from Texas to Marthaโs Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Group sues Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis over migrant flight records
An open-government group Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to force Gov. Ron DeSantisโ administration to release additional records about a controversial decision last month to fly migrants from Texas to Marthaโs Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Florida lawmaker challenges Gov. DeSantis on migrant flights
A South Florida state senator late Thursday filed a lawsuit challenging Gov. Ron DeSantisโ controversial decision last week to fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts and seeking to block similar flights in the future.
Gov. DeSantis explains how Florida got involved in migrant flights to Marthaโs Vineyard
Gov. Ron DeSantis explained at a news briefing Tuesday how operations at the Florida Panhandle led to him flying dozens of undocumented immigrants from Texas to Marthaโs Vineyard earlier this month.
Lawsuit targets Florida Gov. DeSantis after he flew migrants to Marthaโs Vineyard
As he defended sending migrants to โsanctuary jurisdictions,โ 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 Marthaโs Vineyard in Massachusetts.
Florida Gov. Desantis continues to defend sending migrants to Marthaโs Vineyard
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis continues to defend his decision to fly dozens of undocumented immigrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard.
DeSantis addresses Florida funds used to fly migrants from Texas to New England. Hereโs what he had to say
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis addressed the use of state funds to fly migrants who "intended to come to Florida" from Texas to Martha's Vineyard during a news conference in Daytona Beach on Friday.
Migrants flown to Marthaโs Vineyard to be moved to mainland
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis took the playbook of a fellow Republican, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, to a new level by catching officials flat-footed in Martha's Vineyard with two planeloads of Venezuelan migrants.
Faith leaders speak out against Florida Gov. DeSantis after 2 airplanes of immigrants sent to Marthaโs Vineyard
Faith leaders are holding a news conference in Orlando to speak out against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis after two airplanes carrying immigrants were flown to Marthaโs Vineyard.
Venezuelan-American groups decry Florida Gov. DeSantisโ decision to send migrants to Massachusetts
Leaders in South Floridaโs Venezuelan-American community gathered in Doral to denounce Florida Gov. Ron DeSantisโ decision to send two planes filled with undocumented immigrants to Massachusetts.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sends 2 airplanes of immigrants to Marthaโs Vineyard
Republican governors are escalating their practice of sending migrants without advance warning to Democratic strongholds, including a wealthy summer enclave in Massachusetts and the Washington, D.