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DeSantis warns Biden Administration over planes full of migrants: 'I will send them to Delaware'

The Biden Administration has sent over 70 night-time flights to Florida.

November 11, 2021 4:11pm

Updated: November 11, 2021 4:24pm

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is warning that he will  send migrants to Delaware if the Biden Administration continues to send covert planes full of migrants to Florida.

“If they’re going to come here, we’ll provide buses,” DeSantis said during a press conference, adding, “I will send them to Delaware.” .

More than 70 night-time flights carrying migrants from the border have landed in Florida since the summer, according to the office of the Florida governor. These flights are taking place “in the middle of the night” and “are clandestine” said DeSantis.

”It’s very embarrassing that this is happening… no one really asks us, the brown community, the representatives of the Latinos in this country, how do we feel about this?,” said Rep. Maria Elvira Salazar on Monday during an interview with “Fox & Friends.” “And I’m going to tell you that this is extremely embarrassing because do you know where those people wind up at? In our barrios, in neighborhoods and we do not know if those people are child sex traffickers, if they’re drug dealers…”

The Biden administration has not yet disclosed any information about the flights or who is running them. The flights are thought to be transporting migrants to non-border states.

“We’re in a sad situation of trying to run an investigation. Who is facilitating this travel? How are they getting here? Who are the support people? Who are the sponsors?” said Larry Keef, the public safety czar of DeSantis’ office.

The alleged flights come as officials struggle to deal with a large number of immigrants crossing the border, according to The Washington Examiner. There are similar reports of migrants being flown in secret flights into Westchester County, New York.

The Biden Administration has also been releasing illegal immigrants into the U.S. without any formal immigration proceedings. 

“We need an immigration reform law because everything that’s happening is because of this government, and Mr. Biden promised that within the first 100 days of his presidency, he was going to present an immigration reform law and once again, he has dropped us, for the reconciliation bill, for childcare, for healthcare, for long care and elderly care. Where are the immigrants?” said Salazar.