Gov. DeSantis wants federal ‘greenlight’ to ‘run flights to El Salvador’

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Could 'Air DeSantis' fly high yet again?

Florida is once again ready to facilitate air travel for illegal immigrants.

And as before, Gov. Ron DeSantis proposes one-way trips.

During an appearance on Wednesday’s “Ingraham Angle,” the Governor said Florida could “do more” in the fight against illegal immigration.

But one thing’s stopping the state: a lack of a “green light” from the Donald Trump administration to revive “Air DeSantis.”

“We can run flights to El Salvador, wherever they need to,” DeSantis promised.

The Governor, of course, facilitated migrant flights from Texas to California and Martha’s Vineyard as well in the run-up to his presidential campaign.

But while he had previously pitched Florida as a useful funnel to internment camps at Guantanamo Bay, this TV hit was his first suggestion that the Sunshine State could transport suspected illegal immigrants to the increasingly infamous Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT).

DeSantis also said he needed the “blessing” of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to do more with the undocumented immigrants in the state, saying the state has ample assets ready and willing to go to work.

“We will go in, we won’t even need DHS to necessarily be there. We will go in, we’ll find them. We have tens of thousands of illegals in Florida that are already on deportation orders. So you hear all this about due process. They’ve already been processed and have been ordered to be removed. We can go in and get those,” DeSantis said, seemingly dismissing the due process concerns that courts have spotlighted amid extrajudicial repatriation of people in the country illegally.

“What we can do is provide more manpower, more space, and then we can even process, but we need that to be blessed, and we need that to be in tandem,” he added.

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


14 comments

  • DeSantis is Deeply Unkind and Will Step on Anyone for Power

    April 30, 2025 at 8:44 pm

    Monster

    • Earl Pitts American

      April 30, 2025 at 8:46 pm

      Hush Lefty, us Adults are tired of your “Muckety-Muck” Leftist commentary, Earl

      • George

        April 30, 2025 at 8:50 pm

        Well Earl…thanks for volunteering to pay for it.

        • Earl Pitts American

          April 30, 2025 at 9:01 pm

          George, my Besty Lefty, I thank you for your support of Ron & Casey, along with your LOVE & FEILITY for All Things “EARL”.
          Your monitary past support shows you, George, to be a Trusted Man of Great Wisdom,
          Always And Forever,
          Earl Pitts American

        • Foghorn Leghorn

          April 30, 2025 at 10:35 pm

          Who absorbed the cost of the millions Slo Joe, Kammy, and “Impeached” Mayorkas let in?

          • MH/Duuuval

            May 1, 2025 at 7:54 pm

            Trump has been impeached twice and, if the 2026 mid-terms follow form, the King may go down that road a third time.

      • Lisa

        May 2, 2025 at 1:09 am

        Try looking beyond labeling people Lefty and Righty and focus on whats best for the American People as a group. Things like Rising Costs and It being impossible to get help from the VA affects everyone no matter who they voted for. Don’t let them distract you with the us against them strategy they use to take the pressure off THEM…

    • USA

      May 1, 2025 at 7:36 am

      A nation without borders is not a sovereign nation.
      Rule of law.
      DeSantis is right again.

      • MH/Duuuval

        May 1, 2025 at 7:55 pm

        What other time was he right?

  • Earl Pitts American

    April 30, 2025 at 8:56 pm

    Good Evening Florids,
    STAND BY FOR SAGE WISDOM:
    This air travel for illegal immigrants is Just The Thing needed to ensure Trump’s adgenda carry on beyong 2028. This air travel for illegal immigrants will be the catalyst which “GURRANEFFINTEES” the placement of RON and THE BEAUTIFUL CASEY in The White House fot the 2 [TWO] terms following Trump.
    Thank you for your support of me, Earl Pitts American
    *FREE BUMPER STICKER*
    *I AM VOTING WITH EARL 4 RON & CASEY 4 POTUS*

  • Bill

    May 1, 2025 at 6:49 am

    Taking performative politics to a new level I see. Ronnie seems to have issues with situational awareness – nobody likes him and he’ll never be president regardless of how many stupid stunts he pulls. How much tax payer money will he waste before he figures that out?

  • Michael K

    May 1, 2025 at 7:07 am

    Ron’s desperation is so unattractive.

    Let’s see what the governors fondness for personal jet air travel has cost taxpayers during his failed presidential run. Air DeSantis indeed.

    • MH/Duuuval

      May 1, 2025 at 7:31 pm

      Good luck getting an info on travel expenses. The sunshine laws in Florida have been suspended by fiat since 2020.

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