Migrant Detention

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis listens to a question during a press conference Sept. 7, 2022, in Miami, Fla. The Republican governors of Florida and Texas have delivered migrants on planes and buses to Washington, D.C., New York City, and even Martha's Vineyard, but they may just be getting started.

DOT and a Florida contractor face a public records lawsuit over migrant flights

The News Service of Florida

An open-government group has filed a lawsuit against the Florida Department of Transportation and a state contractor, alleging they did not comply with public-records requests stemming from controversial flights of migrants to Martha’s Vineyard.

Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference Sept. 22, 2022, in Miami.

A South Florida lawmaker is challenging the constitutionality of Gov. DeSantis' migrant flights

The News Service of Florida

The 13-page lawsuit emphasizes that the migrants, mostly from Venezuela, had been in Texas, not Florida, after crossing the border with Mexico.

A man, who is part of a group of immigrants that had just arrived, flashes a thumbs up Wednesday Sept. 14, 2022, in Edgartown, Mass., on Martha's Vineyard. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday flew two planes of immigrants to Martha's Vineyard, escalating a tactic by Republican governors to draw attention to what they consider to be the Biden administration's failed border policies.

Surprise is key part of migrant travel from Florida, Texas

The Associated Press

Migrants flown to Martha's Vineyard on the orders of Florida Gov.

Government & Politics

Migrant Detention Protests Held Across Southwest Florida & U.S.

John Davis

Protesters in Southwest Florida demonstrated Tuesday afternoon, at events in Bradenton, Cape Coral, Naples and Sarasota against the Trump administration’s…