Migrant Flights

The first deportation flights from Florida’s new immigration detention center in the Everglades began departing this week, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Friday. About 100 of those detainees were deported directly from the center, the governor said, though he did not specify where they were taken.

The resolution represents a diplomatic achievement for Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and helps President Donald Trump in his goal of bringing home Americans jailed abroad.

A class-action lawsuit against DeSantis and other defendants over controversial flights of 49 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in 2022 has been argued by plaintiffs' attorneys to move forward.

A parole program for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela requires that they pay for their own flights to the U.S.

From overseeing the evacuation of Floridians from strife-torn Haiti to managing operations during hurricanes and disasters, Director of the Florida Division of Emergency Management Kevin Guthrie answers questions about a controversial program to transport migrants to “sanctuary” areas of the country.

An appeals court is questioning a ruling that said the governor's office violated Florida’s public-records law regarding migrant flights from Texas to Massachusetts.

Florida directed two flights of migrants from Texas to Sacramento in the past week. Gov. Ron DeSantis says it was to help Texas combat a border crisis.

Gov. Ron DeSantis' administration says three dozen migrants whom the state flew from the southern border to California on private planes went willingly.

Another group of approximately 20 migrants have arrived in Sacramento on a private flight.

An appeals court panel will hear arguments related to Florida funding the flights of undocumented immigrants from Texas to Massachusetts last year.

A Leon County Circuit Court judge has dismissed a case against Governor Ron DeSantis over flights funded by Florida that took migrants to Martha’s Vineyard from Texas last year.

Arguing that the case is “moot” because of a bill passed during a special legislative session, Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration has asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit filed after the state flew about 50 migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in September.