New lawsuit accuses DeSantis of flouting state law by flying migrants

New lawsuit accuses DeSantis of flouting state law by flying migrants

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — A legal and political battle over Gov. Ron DeSantis’ contentious operation to fly migrants from Texas to other parts of the country is escalating even further.

Jason Pizzo, a Florida Democratic senator from Miami, on Thursday night filed a lawsuit asking a judge to block the Republican governor from spending any more state money on the transports. DeSantis started the transports last week after the state paid an Oregon-based carrier hundreds of thousands of dollars to fly nearly 50 migrants from San Antonio to the wealthy resort island of Martha’s Vineyard.

It’s the second lawsuit filed this week seeking to scuttle the program that DeSantis has defended amid rising critic...

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