TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — The price tag is rising for Florida’s opaque program to relocate migrants from Texas to Democrat-leaning states.
As Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration continues to withhold details about the program, documents show two additional payments have been made to the vendor, bringing the total spent on the yet-to-be disclosed activity to $3.4 million.
Two new purchase orders, each for $950,000, were made for payments to Vertol Systems Co. on Oct. 11 and Oct 17, according to the state website that tracks contract payments. Two previous payments were made for $615,000 and $950,000 — on Sept. 8 and Sept. 21 — but the governor’s office has accounted for only a fraction of those payments.
