Remember when Republicans tricked 50 asylum seekers into going to Martha Vineyard for the lols and normal people just helped them?
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ElwoodBlues · M
Yeah, Ron DeSantis spent Florida public money on flying 50 people, but he didn't have enough asylum seekers in Florida, so he flew them from Texas, at an initial cost of $615,000 ($12,000 each) [b]LOL!![/b]
Plus, those same asylum seekers got a new legal work status because they're witnesses in a major lawsuit & possible victims of a crime!
[quote] [b] As legal bills mount, Florida paid about $35,000 for each migrant in Martha's Vineyard flights [/b]
[i]Jan 9 2023[/i]
TALLAHASSEE — Florida has agreed to pay up to $1 million to two law firms to defend it following Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial decision last summer to relocate nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
So far, the state has paid nearly $112,000 to the firms Consovoy McCarthy and Campbell Conroy & O’Neil to represent DeSantis and other state officials in a class action lawsuit filed in Boston by attorneys representing the migrants.
This is on top of the nearly $1.6 million paid to Destin, Fla.-based aviation firm Vertol Systems Company, which the state contracted for the migrant flights. [/quote]
[b]https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/09/marthas-vineyard-migrant-flight-lawsuit-could-cost-florida-1-million/69782146007/[/b]
Plus, those same asylum seekers got a new legal work status because they're witnesses in a major lawsuit & possible victims of a crime!
[quote] [b] As legal bills mount, Florida paid about $35,000 for each migrant in Martha's Vineyard flights [/b]
[i]Jan 9 2023[/i]
TALLAHASSEE — Florida has agreed to pay up to $1 million to two law firms to defend it following Gov. Ron DeSantis’ controversial decision last summer to relocate nearly 50 Venezuelan migrants from Texas to Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts.
So far, the state has paid nearly $112,000 to the firms Consovoy McCarthy and Campbell Conroy & O’Neil to represent DeSantis and other state officials in a class action lawsuit filed in Boston by attorneys representing the migrants.
This is on top of the nearly $1.6 million paid to Destin, Fla.-based aviation firm Vertol Systems Company, which the state contracted for the migrant flights. [/quote]
[b]https://www.tallahassee.com/story/news/politics/2023/01/09/marthas-vineyard-migrant-flight-lawsuit-could-cost-florida-1-million/69782146007/[/b]
