Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' bid to transport migrants from Texas last month may have gone beyond the extent of an original program designed by the state, per reports from new state records.
DeSantis' team did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.DeSantis and other state officials over the bid to transport migrants, saying it violated the state program because the migrants were not in the country illegally and their flight did not originate in Florida.
DeSantis has defended his controversial program, saying: "Most of them are intending to come to Florida," the Post reports. “Our view is you have to deal with it at the source," he said during a news conference in Dayton Beach, Florida.
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