In separate incidents, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officers detained commercial fishers in the U.S. states of Texas and Massachusetts after discovering they were in violation of U.S. immigration laws. On 14 February,

An architect of a controversial bid to fly migrants from Texas to a Massachusetts resort town in 2022 has been named to guide Florida's new state board of immigration enforcement

Larry Keefe, who helped orchestrate controversial flights of migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in 2022, was named to oversee immigration enforcement in Florida.

A Florida appeals court in Tallahassee overturned a lower court ruling Wednesday that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration was too slow releasing public records about its controversial 2022 airlift of 48 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard in Massachusetts.

An appeals court Wednesday overturned a circuit judge’s ruling that Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration took too long in providing public records about a controversial 2022 decision to fly migrants from Texas to Massachusetts.

Days after Gov. Ron DeSantis signed off on immigration legislation he says is the toughest in the nation, Florida's Republican leaders have named the director of the new state board of immigration enforcement: an architect of the controversial effort to fly migrants from Texas to a Massachusetts resort town.

Larry Keefe, who as public safety “czar” in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration helped orchestrate controversial flights of migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in 2022, was named Monday to oversee immigration enforcement in Florida.

Larry Keefe, who as public safety “czar" in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration helped orchestrate controversial flights of migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in 2022, was named Monday to oversee immigration enforcement in Florida.

In separate incidents, U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) officers detained commercial fishers in the U.S. states of Texas and Massachusetts after discovering they were in violation of U.S. immigration laws. On 14 February,

He found out he was going to Texas when he was inside the plane. Because the pilot said it,” his wife told WBUR. Lucas Dos Santos Amaral now awaits a hearing on whether he can return to his family in Massachusetts.

Lucas Dos Santos Amaral was picked up by federal immigration officials last month while they were seeking someone who looked like him. The 29-year-old does not have a criminal record.

Federal immigration authorities have arrested a Guatemalan national charged with armed home invasion and kidnapping in Massachusetts.