{"id":43135,"date":"2024-03-19T16:44:14","date_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/?p=43135"},"modified":"2024-03-19T16:44:24","modified_gmt":"2024-03-19T20:44:24","slug":"gov-ron-desantis-ponders-over-a-haitian-migrant-flight-to-marthas-vineyard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/2024\/03\/19\/gov-ron-desantis-ponders-over-a-haitian-migrant-flight-to-marthas-vineyard\/","title":{"rendered":"Gov. Ron DeSantis ponders over a Haitian migrant flight to Martha\u2019s Vineyard"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that migrants from Haiti finding their way into Florida\u2019s territory could soon find themselves in a luxurious sanctuary far north.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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DeSantis spoke on The First<\/a> with Dana Loesch about his efforts to quell illegal migration into Florida, especially amid his administration\u2019s preparations for the potential for an uptick in Haitian migrants. The island country has been facing increased violence and political turmoil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe do have our transport program, also \u2013 that\u2019s gonna be operational,\u201d DeSantis said. \u201cHaitians land in the Florida Keys \u2013 their next stop very well may be Martha\u2019s Vineyard<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis originally ordered flights to Martha\u2019s Vineyard in 2022, garnering national attention.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Lawmakers have approved millions over the past couple of years to fund the program orchestrating the flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Last week, the governor\u00a0sent troops, personnel, and other resources to southern Florida to proactively guard against a theoretical Haitian migrant \u201cinvasion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor quite some time, the state of Florida has been dedicating significant resources to combat illegal vessels coming to Florida from countries such as Haiti,\u201d DeSantis announced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida also recently\u00a0interdicted\u00a0alleged Haitian illegals who had firearms, drugs, and night vision equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven the circumstances in Haiti, I have directed the Division of Emergency Management, the Florida State Guard, and state law enforcement agencies to deploy over 250 additional officers and soldiers and over a dozen air and sea craft to the southern coast of Florida to protect our state,\u201d DeSantis said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DeSantis\u2019 administration also cast blame on the Biden administration for illegal migrants feeling \u201cempowered\u201d to intrude on American soil. The state described the current situation as fending off a potential \u201cinvasion.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Gov. Ron DeSantis said on Tuesday that migrants from Haiti finding their way into Florida\u2019s territory could soon find themselves in a luxurious sanctuary far north. DeSantis spoke on The First with Dana… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40174,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"0","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","inline_featured_image":false,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"wpai_generated_summary":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"dois","default_image_id":71799,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"_wpas_customize_per_network":false},"categories":[15],"tags":[7878],"class_list":["post-43135","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-politics","tag-gov-ron-desantis-ponders-over-a-haitian-migrant-flight-to-marthas-vineyard"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43135","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=43135"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43135\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":43136,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/43135\/revisions\/43136"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40174"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=43135"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=43135"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lakelandgazette.info\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=43135"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}