Legislators in the US state of Florida have passed a bill backing efforts by Republican Governor Ron DeSantis to transport migrants and asylum seekers into Democratic-controlled parts of the United States, a push that critics have decried as “indefensible”.The measure approved on Friday provides $10m to create a new initiative – dubbed the Unauthorized Alien Transport Program – to fund DeSantis’s plan.Last year, the Florida governor – a rising conservative star who is expected to seek the presidency in 2024 – joined other Republican state leaders in funding the relocation of asylum seekers to largely liberal areas of the country.
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