Umamah Bakharia | ub@radioislam.co.za

2 min read
11 February 2023 | 8:30 CAT

Legislators in the US state of Florida have passed a bill on Friday to transport migrants and asylum seekers into the Democratic- controlled parts of the United States.

Florida Governor, Ron DeSantis.
Picture: The New York Times.

This is backing efforts by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis plan – ‘Unauthorised Alien Transport Program’ – to transport migrants away from Republican states.

The measure approved on Friday provides $10m to create the plan.

Last year, DeSantis joined other Republican leader states in funding the relocation of asylum seekers to largely liberal areas of the country.

However, the Florida governor still has to sign Friday’s bill, which allows his administration to transport migrants from anywhere in the US, before it becomes a law.

Over the past year, many Republican governors of Texas and Arizona have sent bus-loads of migrants to New York City, Chicago and Washington, DC, the drop of migrants near the home of Vice President Kamala Harris in December.

Meanwhile, conservatives have blamed US President Joe Biden the border surge.

“The Legislature finds that the Federal Government has failed to secure the nation’s borders and has allowed a surge of inspected unauthorized aliens to enter the United States,” Friday’s bill in