Larry Keefe, who coordinated flights that took about 50 migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, will again have his hands in Florida’s immigration enforcement. The Florida Cabinet appointed him executive director for the new State Board of Immigration Enforcement on Monday.

Larry Keefe, who as public safety “czar” in Gov. Ron DeSantis’ administration helped orchestrate controversial flights of migrants from Texas to Massachusetts in 2022, was named Monday to oversee immigration enforcement in Florida.

He was handed power to distribute some of the $250 million in grants designated for local law enforcement that work with federal immigration agencies

Florida officials aren't wasting time implementing their new legislation, which increases penalties for crimes committed by immigrants in the country without legal authorization and allocates nearly $300 million toward beefing up state and local participation in federal immigration enforcement.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has appointed the architect of the controversial migrant flights from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard to lead the state’s new immigration enforcement board, just days after signing what he claims is the nation’s strictest immigration legislation.

Larry Keefe helped organize the flight of dozens of migrants to Martha's Vineyard under the Biden administration and will now help lead Florida's immigration enforcement efforts.