Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Tuesday that he is sending more than 1,100 state law enforcement agents and National Guard members to Texas’ border with Mexico. The number is a tenfold increase compared to a similar move in 2021, and comes just weeks ahead of his expected presidential launch.
DeSantis had signaled for weeks that he was preparing an immigration-focused announcement as he re-energized his war of words over the issue with President Joe Biden, whose administration recently allowed for the lapse of Title 42, a pandemic-era policy that made it easier to expel migrants.
“The impacts of Biden’s Border Crisis are felt by communities across the nation, and the federal government’s abdication of duty undermines the sovereignty of our country and the rule of law,” DeSantis said in a statement.
What DeSantis will be sending:
- 800 members of the Florida National Guard;
- 200 agents (in teams of 40) from the state Department of Law Enforcement;
- 101 state highway patrol troopers;
- 20 agents from the state Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and the Department of Emergency Management;
- 5 fixed-wing aircrafts;
- 17 unmanned drones;
- 10 waterborne vessels.
DeSantis’ office said the personnel will be at the border for 30 days, with possible extensions. The announcement comes just weeks before the June start of hurricane season.
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