SHOTGUN. AND MICHAEL WAS FIGHTING FOR HIS LIFE. THE TRIAL CONTINUES TOMORROW.
>> BACK TO OUR NEWS. 4 JAX I
TEAM INVESTIGATION INVOLVING
NEW DOCUMENTS SHEDDING LIGHT
ON DOZENS OF FLIGHTS FOR
JACKSONVILLE, WHICH FLORIDA
GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS SAYS ARE
CARRYING MIGRANTS. I TEAM
INVESTIGATOR VIC MICOLUCCI
JOINS US WITH RECORDS. WE JUST
OBTAINED FROM STATE LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
>> THESE CHARTER FLIGHTS HAVE
BEEN COMING IN GOING FROM JX
FOR MONTHS. USUALLY AT NIGHT.
SO WE PULLED THE DOCUMENTS OF
CHARTERED PLANES POSSIBLY
CARRYING MIGRANTS LANDING HERE
AND FOUND DOZENS OVER THE PAST
6 MONTHS.
>> THESE PICTURES FROM LOCAL
PHOTOGRAPHER DAVID ROSENBLOOM
SHOW A CHARTERED FLIGHT
OFFLOADING MIGRANTS INTO VANS
AND BUSES AT JACKSONVILLE
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. IT’S
RECKLESS AND IT’S WRONG.
REPUBLICAN GOVERNOR RON
DESANTIS CLAIMS THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION IS MOVING
MIGRANTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
UNDER A VEIL OF SECRECY. SO
THESE ARE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
FLIGHTS.
>> NO, NO NOTIFICATION TO THE
STATE OR ANYBODY. AND THIS IS
NOT THE WAY YOU KEEP PEOPLE
SAFE. IT’S RECKLESS AND IT’S
WRONG TO SANTA SAYS HE’S
WORKING WITH THE LEGISLATURE
TO STOP THESE FLIGHTS AND HE
POINTS TO THE CASE.
>> OF A HONDURAN MIGRANT WHO
POSED AS A TEENAGER AT THE
BORDER AND WAS PUT ON A FLIGHT
TO JACKSONVILLE IN AUGUST.
POLICE SAY AFTER ARRIVING YERY
MEDINA ULLOA KILLED A FATHER
OF 4 IN ARLINGTON LAST MONTH
WE OBTAINED FLIGHT RECORDS
FROM THE FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF
LAW ENFORCEMENT, WHICH THE
GOVERNOR ASKED TO INVESTIGATE
THESE FLIGHTS. A SPOKESWOMAN
SAYING FDLE DEVELOPED A
RELIABLE IN CONFIDENTIAL
SOURCE WHO PROVIDED
INFORMATION ABOUT NUMEROUS
FLIGHTS COMING INTO
JACKSONVILLE. SHE WENT ON TO
SAY THEY WERE TRANSPORTING
WHAT WAS BELIEVED TO BE
POTENTIAL ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
THESE RECORDS SHOW 77
CHARTERED FLIGHTS THAT LANDED
IN JACKSONVILLE FROM ALL OVER.
BUT MOST FREQUENTLY, TEXAS,
INCLUDING PLACES LIKE HOUSTON
AND EL PASO. THE DATE RANGES
FROM APRIL 22ND TO OCTOBER.
THE 6TH ONE FLIGHT HAD AS MANY
AS 180 PASSENGERS ON BOARD.
ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
ON MOST FLIGHTS IS LISTED AS
UNKNOWN. NOT ALL OF THE
RECORDS MAKE SENSE. HOWEVER,
ONE ARMY FLIGHT CAME FROM
IRELAND, FOR EXAMPLE, ANOTHER
IS A NATIONAL GUARD FLIGHT
FROM NORFOLK. WE’VE ASKED THE
STATE TO CLARIFY ITS
ABSOLUTELY UNACCEPTABLE. IT’S
A COMPLETE NATIONAL SECURITY
THREAT.
>> AS WELL AS ITS THREAT TO
OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES, IF WE
HAVE NO IDEA WHO IS COMING
BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THERE’S
BEEN NO VETTING. THERE’S BEEN
NO IDENTIFICATION.
>> AND THAT’S A PROBLEM.
REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN KAT
CAMMACK, WHO’S ON THE HOUSE
HOMELAND SECURITY COMMITTEE
SAYS THE GOVERNMENT IS DOING
THIS WITHOUT EVEN BRIEFING
LAWMAKERS. SO YOU AS A MEMBER
OF CONGRESS DO NOT KNOW WHERE
THESE MIGRANTS ARE HEADED.
>> NOW, WE HAVE SENT
CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY AFTER A
CONGRESSIONAL INQUIRY. WHAT DO
YOU DO WITH ALL OF THESE
PEOPLE? OBVIOUSLY, THERE’S NOT
ENOUGH ROOM ALONG THE SOUTHERN
BORDER. WELL, QUITE FRANKLY,
THE ADMINISTRATION NEEDS TO
STOP INVITING THEM TO COME
HERE. WHEN YOU HAVE A
RECONCILIATION BILL THIS WEEK
THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE VOTING
ON THAT GRANTS, MASS AMNESTY
FOR PEOPLE WHO COME HERE
ILLEGALLY.
>> THAT’S A MAGNET. WE REACHED
OUT TO THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF
HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
WHICH IS RUNNING FLIGHTS FOR
UNACCOMPANIED MIGRANT
CHILDREN. A SPOKESPERSON THERE
TELLING US IT IS OUR LEGAL
RESPONSIBILITY TO SAFELY CARE
FOR UNACCOMPANIED CHILDREN
UNTIL THEY CAN BE SWIFTLY
UNIFIED WITH A PARENT OR A
VETTED SPONSOR. THE ADDED THEY
USE AIR AND GROUND
TRANSPORTATION QUOTE, TAKING
INTO ACCOUNT CHILD SAFETY AND
WELLNESS TRAVEL TIME AND COST
EFFECTIVENESS. NOW THESE
RECORDS DO NOT SHOW WHERE
THESE MIGRANT PASSENGERS ARE
HEADING ONCE THEY GET INTO
BUSES AND VANS.
>> MEANWHILE, FLORIDA’S
ATTORNEY GENERAL ASHLEY MOODY
HAS TEAMED UP WITH THE
GOVERNOR TO SUE THE BIDEN
ADMINISTRATION CLAIMING
RELOCATING MIGRANTS TO FLORIDA
IS ILLEGAL. I’M VIC MICOLUCCI
CHANNEL 4, THE LOCAL STATION.
>> VICK NOW WE’VE REACHED OUT
TO CONGRESSMAN AL LAWSON, A
DEMOCRAT FOR HIS TAKE ON THE
FLIGHTS. HE SENT US A
STATEMENT. IT READS IN PART
THESE FLIGHTS ALLOW OUR
COUNTRY TO DO WHAT IS MORALLY
RIGHT. WE ARE BUILDING AN
IMMIGRATION SYSTEM BASED ON
HUMANITY AND WORKING TO KEEP
FAMILIES TOGETHER. PROCESS
ASYLUM CLAIMS QUICKLY AND HELP
UNACCOMPANIED MINORS GET PLACE
WITH LOVING, CARING AND SAFE
RELATIVES AS FAST AS POSSIBLE.