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Richard Luscombe in Miami

Anger and anxiety as DeSantis’s asylum-seeker flights return to US skies

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, where 16 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia were brought  last Friday from Texas.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, where 16 migrants from Venezuela and Colombia were brought last Friday from Texas. Photograph: Tran Nguyen/AP

The already congested skies over the western US became a little more crowded this week after Florida’s rightwing Republican governor Ron DeSantis ordered the return to flight of one of America’s most notorious transport airlines.

Air DeSantis, as supporters colloquially refer to the state’s unauthorized alien transportation program, doesn’t even exist as an official entity. It isn’t registered as a company, or with the Federal Aviation Authority, is mired in legal troubles, and has been grounded for months.

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