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Bahamians Welcome In Florida — If They Have Documents And Somewhere To Stay, Governor Says

Mike Stocker
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South Florida Sun Sentinel
Haitian men, women and children gather on the dock in Nassau after taking a ferry from Abaco to escape the damage after Hurricane Dorian.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says he welcomes Bahamians to Florida, as long as they have passports, visas and a place to stay.

There are no shelters open in the state for those displaced by Hurricane Dorian, and the migration of Bahamians should be a federal concern — not Florida’s, the governor said.

For those who are flying from the Bahamas to Florida and have family or friends to stay with, “that’s no harm for us,” DeSantis said Tuesday.

Read more at the Sun Sentinel.

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