The governor’s office responds
A second lawsuit has been filed against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis over the transporting of 50 illegal migrants to Martha’s Vineyard from Texas. Florida State Senator Jason Pizzo, a Democrat who represents the Miami-Dade area, claims it is an illegitimate use of state funds and violates Florida laws. The lawsuit requests a judge stop the relocations. Is Pizzo looking for his 15 minutes of fame in this story or does he have a point?
Pizzo filed the lawsuit in his capacity as a private citizen, not as a state lawmaker. The 15-page complaint was filed in Leon County and also names Florida Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis and Jared Perdue, secretary of the Department of Transportation.
The funds being used are part of a bipartisan budget passed in the Florida Legislature that allocates $12 million to establish a program that facilitates “the transport of unauthorized aliens from this state consistent with federal law.” Florida Democrats criticize DeSantis over the migrant planes sent to Massachusetts because the migrants were only in Florida when the planes briefly touched down at an airport in the Panhandle on their way from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.
