immigration

A Leon County circuit judge has dismissed a lawsuit alleging that the state did not comply with public-records requests about migrant flights to Massachusetts.

Cuban refugees keep coming to Florida, but it seems most are now part of the larger immigration wave across the U.S. border with Mexico.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis highlighted illegal immigration last fall by sending dozens of immigrants from Texas to an island off the Massachusetts coast.

Florida contends that the Biden administration’s immigration policies result in undocumented immigrants flowing into the state, increasing costs for services such as prisons, schools, and health care

Two top aides to Gov. Ron DeSantis were added as defendants Tuesday in a potential class-action lawsuit stemming from the DeSantis administration flying 49 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in September.

A government watchdog group is suing the DeSantis administration for public records that would shed light on a scheme to fly nearly 50 Venezuelans to Martha's Vineyard.

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

Incoming House Minority Leader Fentrice Driskell, D-Tampa, says Gov. Ron DeSantis overstepped his authority in seeking to “score political points.”

Gov. Ron DeSantis says he expects more flights to transport undocumented immigrants to out-of-state “sanctuary” communities, as questions swirl around two flights last week that sent about 50 people from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.

Gov. Ron DeSantis on Thursday defended Florida’s participation in a pair of flights carrying about 50 migrants, including children, that landed Wednesday at Martha’s Vineyard Airport.