Florida spent almost $1 million for two more migrant flights

By BRENDAN FARRINGTON
Associated Press

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida has paid nearly $1 million to arrange two sets of flights to transport about 100 migrants who entered the country illegally to Delaware and Illinois. That’s according to documents released by the Florida Department of Transportation on Friday. The flights were to follow up Sept. 14 flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard that carried 49 mostly Venezuelan migrants to the Massachusetts island. Vertol Systems Company of Destin was hired to organize the flights and sent an employee to Tallahassee to pick up a hard copy of a $950,000 check after the state didn’t receive paperwork for a direct deposit to the company’s account, according to documents.