Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) defended flying nearly 50 immigrants from Florida to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, accusing Democrats of ignoring ineffective border policies that led to his decision.

In an interview with Fox News’s Sean Hannity, DeSantis criticized Democrats for failing to be outraged at reports of immigrants drowning in the Rio Grande or dying in a tractor-trailer found in Texas but instead getting angry over his decision to transport immigrants north. His comments come just hours after Florida authorities announced they would be opening an investigation into DeSantis’s decision to transport immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard in order to determine if the immigrants are victims of a crime.