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Gloria Oladipo in New York

Aviation company used for migrant flights contributed to DeSantis allies

Ron DeSantis in Tampa, Florida, in August.
Ron DeSantis in Tampa, Florida, in August. Photograph: Octavio Jones/Reuters

The transportation service company that the Florida governor, Ron DeSantis, used to arrange flights for migrants to Martha’s Vineyard has contributed money to the governor’s top allies and has connections to a Florida official in charge of its immigration policy.

Vertol Systems Inc, an Oregon-based aviation company that DeSantis used to fly asylum seekers to the affluent, liberal-leaning Massachusetts island, has connections to DeSantis’s political allies and has donated money to various campaigns, NBC News reported.

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