The man who helped organize the plane road of illegal immigration from Texas to Martha's vineyards during the Biden administration was tapped to lead Florida's new immigration executive committee.
Larry Keefe, a longtime trial lawyer who previously served as “Public Safety Emperor” for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis since 2021, has taken his discretion to help strengthen the state's immigration enforcement efforts. will win $250 million.
Keefe helps private contractor Vertol Systems Company win a $1.5 million contract to fly dozens of Venezuelan immigrants from San Antonio to Ritzie Massachusetts in 2022 It was in the center. More than 2 million former President Joe Biden in 2022.
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Inset's Larry Keefe was at the heart of organizing flights from San Antonio to Martha's vineyards amid a massive influx of illegal immigrants to the United States under President Joe Biden. (US Department of Justice)
The new board that Keefe will headline was created at a recent special legislative meeting called last month by Desantis, and has pushed efforts to implement President Donald Trump's immigration policy.
The group held an emergency meeting on Monday, during which Attorney General James Usmier appointed Keefe to become the executive director of the new board a few hours after being appointed himself by the governor.
“For several years I had the joy of working with him [Keefe] When he was the state's public security emperor. In that position, Larry worked with law enforcement throughout the state to lead the blocking efforts. He also helped enforcement actions to gather data and better understand the real harm and taxes facing the nation as a result of the influx of illegal immigrants,” Usmeyer said at a meeting Monday. He spoke. You may have heard of it, including those for Martha's vineyards. ”
Illegal immigrants will arrive at Martha's Vineyard Airport on Wednesday, September 14th, 2022. (Video provided to Fox News Digital)
DeSantis said at a meeting Monday that Keefe's work on immigrant flights to the airfield “has turned the overall immigration dynamics into a matter of border states, and all states.”
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“They thought it would be okay to defeat thousands of these border towns, but the moment you saw 50 people appear at Martha's vineyards, they had a massive convulsion about this. It's an emergency,” DeSantis said. “And you started watching a trip to New York City, California and Chicago, and I think all of that brought this issue to Crescendo and brought the 2024 election.”
The immigrants will gather with their belongings outside the St. Andrews Anglican Church at Martha's vineyard on September 14th. (Ray Ewing/Government Gazette via the AP)
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Fox News Digital contacted Desantis' office and was directed towards his comments during Monday's meeting and on social media. DeSantis said Keefe is “a great civil servant” and would lead immigration enforcement in the state “doing a great job.”
