The White House on Tuesday said it was aware of reports of a flight carrying migrants to an area near President Joe Biden’s vacation home in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, and would work with state and local officials to help the migrants if they arrived, while condemning it as a “political stunt.”
Florida’s Republican Governor Ron DeSantis did not confirm reports of the flight on Tuesday nor did he indicate if he was behind the action. Last week, he took credit for a pair of planes that dropped off nearly 50 migrants, mostly from Venezuela, on the wealthy vacation island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, with no warning.
The plane, given the designation J328, left Texas at 9 a.m. ET Tuesday and fly to Florida, according to Newsweek. After a layover, the plane will then travel to Sussex County, Delaware. The airport is less than an hour drive from Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, where Biden has a home.
A total of $950,000 was allocated to the “relocation program of unauthorized aliens,” according to Florida’s budget website, which could be used to charter the plane. More than $600,000 was previously allocated on Sept. 8.
