Why advocates fear DeSantis’ statewide grand jury on immigration

Months before funding migrant flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis made another unusual but attention-grabbing move against illegal immigration in Florida. He requested a statewide grand jury to investigate potential crimes behind the who, what, where and how migrants end up in Florida illegally. “We have a responsibility to fight back,” DeSantis said during his June 2022 press conference, announcing the move along with other measures cracking down on what he described as “Biden’s Border Crisis.”