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| A Cruise Ship for Florida’s Migrant Crisis Had Nowhere to Dock | A Cruise Ship for Florida’s Migrant Crisis Had Nowhere to Dock |
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| KEY WEST, Fla. — Nearly 1,400 migrants from Cuba and Haiti took to the sea in rickety vessels and landed in the Florida Keys in January, overwhelming the local police. | KEY WEST, Fla. — Nearly 1,400 migrants from Cuba and Haiti took to the sea in rickety vessels and landed in the Florida Keys in January, overwhelming the local police. |
| “We experienced chaos, a lack of a plan and a federal problem which became a local problem,” said the Monroe County sheriff, Rick Ramsay. | “We experienced chaos, a lack of a plan and a federal problem which became a local problem,” said the Monroe County sheriff, Rick Ramsay. |
| Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped in, deploying air reconnaissance planes, assembling dozens of law enforcement agents and commissioning a cruise ship to house what the administration hoped would become a local army of state employees to help handle the migrant surge. | Gov. Ron DeSantis stepped in, deploying air reconnaissance planes, assembling dozens of law enforcement agents and commissioning a cruise ship to house what the administration hoped would become a local army of state employees to help handle the migrant surge. |
| But there was a problem: The $1 million cruise ship contract was signed before anyone realized that the vessel had nowhere to dock. | But there was a problem: The $1 million cruise ship contract was signed before anyone realized that the vessel had nowhere to dock. |
| The ship was among the largest in a series of some $20 million in emergency purchases authorized by Mr. DeSantis — including drones, night vision goggles, airplane leases, aviation radios and other gear — to respond to the immigration influx. | |
| Almost as soon as the governor declared the state of emergency, though, the landings slowed drastically, after President Biden created a much safer option of applying to enter the United States from migrants’ home countries. |