Questions continued to swirl Saturday around Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant relocation efforts, from his use of federal COVID aid to fly migrants from...
Newsom’s quip about hair products was in response to DeSantis’ comment that the Californian’s “hair gel is interfering with his brain function.”Those who arrived in Martha’s Vineyard had been told they were going to Boston and had been given incorrect immigration advice, advocates say.
The little-known aviation company that handled the flights is based in Hillsboro, Ore., and also operates in Destin, on Florida’s Panhandle, according to its website, which is no longer online. Vertol received payment Sept. 8 as part of a new $12 million program established to relocate immigrants without permanent legal status, according to state records.
U.S. Sen. Ed Markey and fellow members of the Massachusetts congressional delegation called for a federal investigation into how Florida paid for the charter flights. The lawmakers accused DeSantis of improperly using the interest earned on federal COVID-19 relief dollars for what they dubbed an “inhumane program” in a letter sent to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Inspector General.
Abbott has used COVID relief funds to help pay for efforts under his Operation Lone Star border security operation. Notably, while the money was earmarked “to facilitate the transport of unauthorized aliens from this state,” DeSantis’ stunt involved people who are not unauthorized and who were not located in Florida.
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