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Editorial: The best path to justice in DeSantis’ migrant-flight scandal

It’s becoming increasingly clear that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will have to answer for the dubious legality of his cruel stunt that dropped two state-funded planeloads of migrants on the Massachusetts resort community of Martha’s Vineyard. At the very least, he appears to have violated the boundaries of the state…

Orlando Sentinel

Biden to aim at 'bully' DeSantis in Florida, as 2024 looms

Joe Biden will for the first time as U.S. president hold a political rally in a state where he lost in 2020, when he treks to Florida on Tuesday to stage a showdown with potential 2024 rival, fierce critic and possible Trump successor Ron DeSantis.

Reuters

First Thing: Iran’s president says Mahsa Amini death must be investigated

Ebrahim Raisi says he has contacted family of Kurdish woman who died in custody, as outrage spreads across country. Plus, say goodbye to the ‘tiger mom’

The Guardian - UK

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Trump threatens to deport ‘millions and millions’ of immigrants if re-elected

Trump’s comments on Venezuela come after Ron DeSantis accused of transporting migrants to Martha’s Vineyard

The Independent UK

DeSantis to face trial for suspension of prosecutor who defied abortion ban law

Andrew Warren, a Democrat, sued Florida governor for suspension after saying he would not enforce new 15-week abortion law

The Guardian - US

Miami state Sen. Pizzo sues DeSantis, others over migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard

MIAMI — A new lawsuit has been brought against Gov. Ron DeSantis and other state officials over Florida’s program to fly migrants from Texas to other states.

Miami Herald

Company hired to arrange Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ migrant flights is tied to high-level state official

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — When Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration needed a company it could trust to carry out a controversial program to transport migrants to other states, it chose an unusual option.

Miami Herald

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DeSantis grabs hold of immigration debate but leaves Florida GOP open to attacks

MIAMI — By flying dozens of Venezuelans to Martha’s Vineyard last week, Gov. Ron DeSantis inflamed a national debate over U.S. immigration policy and put himself in a position to dictate the terms of the discussion.

Miami Herald

Don’t blame the immigrants — it’s our laws that are criminal

We are an aging population with a declining birth rate. Our national spirit needs the infusion of energy and dynamism that immigrants provide.And we will be thanked and strengthened by people whose lives we save.

Chicago Sun-Times

Long the subject of rhetoric, migrants have now become props in political theater

A long-reliable political playbook of highlighting immigration in election season has been escalated by Govs. Greg Abbott and Ron DeSantis.

The Texas Tribune

Jared Kushner slams ‘very troubling’ flights of migrants launched by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis

Jared Kushner Thursday blasted as “very troubling” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’ policy of flying asylum-seekers from Texas to liberal enclaves like Martha’s Vineyard.

Tribune News Service

‘This was all a scam’: Migrants reveal DeSantis plans for Delaware flight

The governor’s operatives allegedly left asylum seekers stranded after false promises and a canceled flight

The Independent UK

Beto O’Rourke tells Trevor Noah migrant fights are ‘cruel and unkind’

Texas police officer investigating flights arranged by Ron DeSantis

The Independent UK

It's a scary time — but Trump is cooked

As Trump goes full QAnon and his fellow Republicans turn to ever greater cruelty, there are real signs of hope

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The Independent UK

DeSantis news: Martha’s Vineyard migrant survived torture in Mexico as Delaware flight ‘scam’ revealed

Civil rights groups sue the governor, alleging asylum seekers were victims of a fraudulent scheme exploited for a political stunt

Reuters

Florida's DeSantis traverses the U.S. as 2024 White House talk advances

Days after sending two planeloads of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis flew 1,000 miles (1,600 km) across the country to speak to voters in a Kansas hotel ballroom.

Axios

Search interest in abortion falls as the border rises

The midterm election is just seven weeks away.

Orlando Sentinel

Scott Maxwell: DeSantis relocates Texas migrants, lets Florida businesses keep using illegal labor

By now, you’ve heard plenty about Ron DeSantis’ stunt where he used Florida tax dollars to fly a plane full of migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.

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Tribune News Service

Editorial: Texas sheriff’s probe of DeSantis’ heartless Vineyard stunt a long shot, but could unearth answers

The legality of what occurred last week, when a group of 48 Venezuelans were flown from Texas and dumped on swanky Martha’s Vineyard — a heartless relocation effort financed by the state of Florida and crowed about by Gov. Ron DeSantis — is being investigated. Good, we need more answers,…

Los Angeles Times

Michael Hiltzik: The saga of DeSantis' migrant flights gets uglier

Earlier this week, we speculated that the saga of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis's migrant flights was bound to look uglier with time.

The Independent UK

DeSantis news - live: Migrant flight funding revealed as Florida governor’s polls surge

Delaware agencies were preparing for another potential flight due to arrive on Tuesday near President Joe Biden’s beach home in Rehoboth Beach

Los Angeles Times

Venezuelan migrants flown to California from Texas not part of GOP operation, activists say

Two groups of Venezuelan migrants flown separately to Sacramento, California, last week were sent by a Texas agency directing the travelers to a nonexistent immigration check-in location, an advocacy group told the Los Angeles Times on Wednesday.

Reason

Are Ron DeSantis' Migrant Flights Legal?

Critics of the Martha’s Vineyard flights are raising a bevy of questions about the finances and alleged deception behind the scheme.

Salon

Expert: DeSantis stunt may be illegal

Is it legal to move migrants potentially against their will? An immigration lawyer weighs in

The Independent UK

Ron DeSantis chartered migrant flights from GOP donor, report finds

An aviation company hired by the administration donated thousands of dollars to Republican causes, including the governor’s campaign and a state lawmaker central to his legislative agenda

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