New Florida law gives DeSantis $12 million to fly MORE migrants into Democratic-run cities

Ron DeSantis now has $12 million to fly migrants to Democratic enclaves after the Florida legislature passed a new measure Tuesday that helps fund the controversial program.

In September, Florida’s governor flew four dozen migrants from Texas to Massachusetts’ posh island of Martha’s Vineyard. The stunt caused an uproar from immigration lawyers and Democrats after the migrants had to find a way to get off the island.

DeSantis is expected to announce a candidacy for president in the coming months.

Meanwhile, the Biden administration is sending 1,500 troops to the southern border to assist with any impending spikes that may come with the end of the pandemic-era Title 42 on May 11.

Republicans lament that President Joe Biden and the Democrats have long ignored that massive crisis on the southern border because it only affected more red states like Texas, Arizona and Florida.

This has led governors, including those from Texas, Arizona and Florida, to send migrants from their states to so-called sanctuary cities like Washington, DC, New York City and Chicago.

Florida’s Republican supermajority legislature has passed sweeping new legislation to allocate millions for this migrant-carrying initiative.

DeSantis and his allies argue the bill sends a message to the government that they will not stand idly by while Southern states are overrun by illegal immigrants and drug and human traffickers.

The law requires medium and large employers in the state to use E-Verify, a federal system that verifies the citizenship status of job applicants and new hires.

It also requires hospitals to inquire about the legal status of their patients and prohibits illegal immigrants from driving in Florida — even if they have a foreign state’s driver’s license.

SB 1718 allocated $12 million to the DeSantis administration to transport out-of-state migrants to Democratic areas — as he did when he flew migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard last year.

Lawmakers also agreed to reverse a 2014 measure that allowed undocumented immigrants to be admitted to the Florida Bar.

Florida House lawmakers debated for 90 minutes before approving the measure.

“The price of illegal immigration has cost us everything,” said Representative Kiyan Michael, whose 21-year-old son was killed in a car accident involving illegal immigrants. “There isn’t an ounce of malice in my heart…I just want it to stop.”

“It has to stop and it’s insane waiting for Washington, DC to do something,” said Michael, who won a GOP primary last year with DeSantis’ endorsement.

The number of migrants sent by Florida’s governor to Democratic jurisdictions could increase exponentially next week with the end of pandemic-era Title 42.

DeSantis made the controversial move in September 2022 to transport 48 migrants from Texas to the posh liberal island of Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts

Title 42 authorized the immediate deportation of certain asylum seekers during the public health emergency. With no program to replace the program when it ends on May 11, reports claim thousands of migrants could cross the border in the days following.

DeSantis is one of several GOP politicians who have been highly critical of Biden’s immigration policies, blaming the president for the surge and denouncing the handling of the influx.

But Democrats in his state say this should not excuse the governor’s pressure to fly Florida migrants to other parts of the country.

Florida Democratic Representative Susan Valdes of Tampa says the bill “demonizes marginalized people.”

“Immigrants are people like us, except they weren’t lucky enough to be in the United States,” says Valdes, whose parents emigrated from Cuba.

Democrats have already threatened to challenge the law in court, with some calling measures in the legislation “racist.”