Ron DeSantis' administration admitted it was behind the migrant relocation flights to California.
Ron DeSantis' administration confirmed it's behind the recent flights sending migrants from Texas to California — and insisted that the trips were all voluntary and the immigrants were treated well.
The Florida Division of Emergency Management shared a 2-minute-20-second-long video with Insider of migrants the agency said boarded the flights.
Florida's emergency management agency provided Insider with a table that listed other government officials who had relocated migrants, including Republican Gov.
DeSantis acknowledged in September that his administration orchestrated another plane carrying 49 migrants from San Antonio, Texas, to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
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