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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis isn’t contributing solutions to immigration challenges, but he’s good at exacerbating divisions at home and the Texas-Mexico border, where the governor doesn’t belong and his armed forces aren’t needed, says columnist Fabiola Santiago | Opinion
Members of Florida’s State Guard are "being used as pawns in a national political game," said State Rep. Dan Daley.
Gov. Ron DeSantis said Thursday he is deploying members of the Florida State Guard and additional members of the Florida National Guard to Texas, which is in a dispute with the federal government about undocumented immigrants entering the country.“I believe that a state has a right to fortify its own borders,” DeSantis said during an appearance at Cecil Airport in Jacksonville.
DeSantis Willing to Send Fla. State Guard to Texas Border
He sounded more enthusiastic about sending state troops to the Texas border than talking about local educational programs.