{"id":1839209,"date":"2023-02-08T07:05:35","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:05:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1839209"},"modified":"2023-02-08T07:07:14","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T12:07:14","slug":"florida-mulls-boosting-gov-desantis-migrant-flights-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/florida-mulls-boosting-gov-desantis-migrant-flights-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Mulls Boosting Gov. DeSantis&#8217; &#8220;Migrant Flights&#8221; Program"},"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\">16<\/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%2Fflorida-mulls-boosting-gov-desantis-migrant-flights-program%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=1839209&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-->\n<p>\n<br \/><a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/florida\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Florida&#8217;s<\/a><br \/>\n <span class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody-firstLetter\">l<\/span>The egislature is poised for expanding Gov.<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ron-desantis\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ron DeSantis<\/a><br \/>\n (R-FL), controversial migrant flight program during special session this week.\n<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019s office organized two flights in which approximately 50 illegal immigrants were flown from Texas to Atlanta last year.<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marthas-vineyard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Martha&#8217;s Vineyard<\/a><br \/>\nMassachusetts, causing outrage from Democrats The legislature will now consider the establishment of an &#8220;Unauthorized Alien Transport Program&#8221; To build on that.\n<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/desantis-admin-revokes-liquor-license-venue-drag-queen-christmas-event\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">DESANTIS ADMIN REVOKES LICENSE LIQUOR TO VENUE AFTER DRAG QUEEN CHRISTMAS EVENT<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The federal government has proven itself unwilling to address this crisis. To mitigate the effects of this crisis on the state of Florida, there is hereby created the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program within the Department of Transportation for the purpose of facilitating the transport of inspected unauthorized aliens, within the United States, consistent with federal law,&#8221; You can find more information at<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2023B\/6B\/BillText\/Filed\/HTML\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Description<\/a><br \/>\n The proposal is as follows:\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\" data-align-center=\"\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" \/><source data-image-size=\"articleImage\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"image\" data-image-size=\"articleImage\" alt=\"Ron DeSantis\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/100-10-14 1x, https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/100-10-15 2x\" width=\"1240\" height=\"827\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/100-10-14\"   style=\"display:none\"><figcaption>\n<div class=\"Figure-content\">\n<p>Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis gestures in a news conference held in Miami on Jan. 26, 2023. <\/p>\n<p>(Marta Lavandier\/AP)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>\n<br \/>Legislative leaders requested a special session last Wednesday to examine the need to boost the flight program. They will also discuss election laws and Disney\u2019s self-governing Reedy Creek Improvement District. Last year, the district lost its special status due to protests by the Florida Parental Rights in Education Act. &#8220;Don&#8217;t Say Gay Bill&#8221; By detractors.\n<\/p>\n<p>Members were contacted by top Republicans from both chambers in memos raising concerns about the allegations. \u201cinflux of migrants landing in the Florida Keys,\u201d<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/news\/2023\/02\/03\/desantis-expand-migrant-flight-program-00081159\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Per<\/a><br \/>\n <i>Politico<\/i>. DeSantis was last month<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/miami\/news\/governor-ron-desantis-activates-national-guard-amid-influx-of-migrants-to-keys\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">mobilized<\/a><br \/>\n The Florida National Guard was created in response to the influx of Cuban and Haitian immigrants into the Florida Keys. The program budget also included $12 million. A large portion of the funding was derived from federal COVID-19 Relief money.\n<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis and Florida&#8217;s government are facing multiple lawsuits over the migrant flight to Martha\u2019s Vineyard last year. Governor. Greg Abbott (R-TX), along with others, decided to move illegal immigrants out of their states to areas where they are Democratic strongholds.\n<\/p>\n<p>The governor defended the move, and criticised the Biden administration&#8217;s inability to enforce the country&#8217;s borders laws. According to data from, fiscal 2022 saw border encounters surpassing 2.76 million.<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">Customs and Border Protection<\/a><br \/>\n.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe&#8217;ve had a deterrent effect,\u201d DeSantis<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sacbee.com\/news\/business\/article271935857.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><br \/>\n Last week, during a news conference \u201cPeople are sick of having an open border with no rule of law in this country, so we can just sit here and do nothing about it, or we can actually stand up and say, \u2018Whatever tools we have at our disposal, we\u2019re going to use.&#8217;\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p><b><br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\">CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINER<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b>\n<\/p>\n<p>DeSantis has been widely considered a rising star in Republican Party and an imposing challenger to the former President<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/2020-election\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a><br \/>\nWho is it?<br \/>\n<a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/donald-trump-announces-2024-campaign\">Announcement<\/a><br \/>\n Last year, he ran his 2024 campaign.\n<\/p>\n<p>The regular session of the Florida legislature is scheduled to begin in March.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Florida&#8217;s lThe egislature is poised for expanding Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), controversial migrant flight program during special session this week. DeSantis\u2019s office organized two flights in which approximately 50 illegal immigrants were flown from Texas to Atlanta last year. Martha&#8217;s Vineyard Massachusetts, causing outrage from Democrats The legislature will now consider the establishment of an &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1839212,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[13999,4980,11127,5113,8338,5491,9818,6644],"class_list":["post-1839209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report","tag-boosting","tag-desantis","tag-flights","tag-florida","tag-gov","tag-migrant","tag-mulls","tag-program"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1839209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1839209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1839212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1839209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1839209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1839209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}