{"id":1739666,"date":"2022-11-15T12:10:31","date_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:10:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739666"},"modified":"2022-11-15T12:18:06","modified_gmt":"2022-11-15T17:18:06","slug":"judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-gov-desantis-over-illegal-immigrant-flights","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/judge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-gov-desantis-over-illegal-immigrant-flights\/","title":{"rendered":"Judge Dismisses Lawsuit Against Gov. DeSantis Over Illegal Immigrant Flights"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fjudge-dismisses-lawsuit-against-gov-desantis-over-illegal-immigrant-flights%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1739666&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/t-florida\">Florida<\/a> judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against Gov. Ron DeSantis that challenged his use of state funds to transport illegal immigrants from Texas to Martha\u2019s Vineyard earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p>In September, the Republican governor confirmed that his administration flew illegal aliens from Texas to the wealthy Massachusetts island enclave. About 50 aliens of mostly Venezuelan origin were taken to the island, drawing a quick response from state and local officials, who mobilized the National Guard to transport them to a military base.<\/p>\n<p>Florida state Sen. Jason Pizzo, a Democrat, sued DeSantis and state officials over the move, which\u00a0Leon Circuit Judge John C. Cooper rejected Monday. However, Cooper gave Pizzo two weeks to retool his lawsuit and submit it again.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019re talking about technical pleading issues, we\u2019re not talking about the ultimate decision in this case, or anything else,\u201d Cooper said Monday in Tallahassee, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2022\/11\/14\/florida-judge-lawsuit-desantis-migrant-flights-00066775\">according to reporters<\/a> in the courtroom. \u201cAnything that I said by the way of hypotheticals, or whatever, should not be taken as a ruling or anything of that nature, for or against.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The judge also said that he will \u201cdismiss the complaint with leave to amend because I want the plaintiffs to argue or to allege in the complaint with some additional facts and clarity, similar to what I\u2019ve heard today and similar to what\u2019s in the response but I don\u2019t think that\u2019s in the complaint,\u201d reported\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/florida-judge-migrant-flights-lawsuit-changes\/\">CBS News<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2>Lawsuit<\/h2>\n<p>Pizzo told reporters on Monday that the DeSantis administration lacks the authority to transport illegal immigrants. His lawsuit was seeking to block DeSantis from using any state funds to transport illegal immigrants.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s not authorized in the Senate or the House for your dollars or my dollars to be spent in Texas,\u201d Pizzo said, according to Politico.<\/p>\n<p>But Cooper argued that Pizzo did not provide enough details or claims in the lawsuit that showed the program violated the Constitution. The judge also suggested that Pizzo\u2019s lawsuit was targeting the wrong individuals.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_4734356\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2022\/09\/15\/LYNXMPEI8E10G_USA-IMMIGRATION-FLORIDA-1200x799.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazy size-medium wp-image-4734356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/themes\/eet\/images\/white.png\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/LYNXMPEI8E10G_USA-IMMIGRATION-FLORIDA-600x399-1.jpg\" alt=\"Illegal immigrants arrive in Martha&#039;s Vineyard\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-4734356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/LYNXMPEI8E10G_USA-IMMIGRATION-FLORIDA-600x399-1.jpg\" alt=\"Illegal immigrants arrive in Martha&#039;s Vineyard\" width=\"600\" height=\"399\" \/><\/noscript><\/figcaption><\/a> Illegal immigrants gather, after being flown in from Texas on a flight funded by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, at Edgartown on Martha\u2019s Vineyard, Mass., on Sept. 15, 2022. (Vineyard Gazette\/Handout via Reuters)<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t know that there is an enforcement official in this, or that the governor is a quote-unquote enforcement official under this statute,\u201d Cooper said, according to the report. \u201cIt seems to me the ability to sue the governor in this case depends upon other facts that might be unique to the situation here, which I think need to be alleged.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In court papers, DeSantis\u2019s lawyers <a href=\"https:\/\/www.law.com\/dailybusinessreview\/2022\/11\/08\/desantis-seeks-to-scuttle-pizzo-migrants-lawsuit\/?slreturn=20221015114336\">argued<\/a> that the lawsuit should be dismissed because Pizzo lacked legal standing to pursue the case. They also said he did not show that the program was illegal.<\/p>\n<p>The Sept. 14 flights from near San Antonio, Texas, to the Massachusetts island drew international headlines. Days after the flights, DeSantis indicated that he might fly more illegal aliens to Martha\u2019s Vineyard or other Democrat-controlled areas.<\/p>\n<p>Other than DeSantis, the governors of Texas and Arizona have bused individuals who crossed illegally into the U.S. from Mexico to Democrat areas like New York City, Chicago, and the District of Columbia. Earlier this week, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, a Republican, announced he bused the 300th bus with illegal aliens, sending it to Chicago.<\/p>\n<div class=\"author_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"one_author_block round\">\n<div class=\"top_row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/author-jack-phillips\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.theepochtimes.com\/assets\/uploads\/2019\/06\/13\/Jack-Phillips.jpg\" alt=\"Jack Phillips\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"names\">\n<p>Breaking News Reporter<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Follow<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Jack Phillips is a breaking news reporter at The Epoch Times based in New York.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A Florida judge on Monday dismissed a lawsuit against Gov. 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