Before DeSantis could say he kicked migrants out of Florida, he had to pay to fly them in
Ron DeSantis during a press conference on Sept. 22, 2022, at the Miami Dade College Wolfson Campus. - Alie Skowronski/Miami Herald/TNS
November 02, 2022
MIAMI — Documents released this week by the aviation company that helped manage Florida’s $12 million migrant relocation program shed new light on behind-the-scenes dealings as the administration of Gov. Ron DeSantis, working with the politically connected vendor, wriggled around a requirement that Florida use the money to export Florida migrants — not those living in some other state. The records obtained by the Florida Center for Government Accountability show, among other revelations, that the president of Destin-based Vertol Systems Company Inc. was not only on the plane when his company f...