Up to 1,000 Florida National Guard troops will be sent to the Texas border to stem the influx of migrants, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Thursday morning.
The soldiers will be deployed “based on the needs of Texas,” according to a news release on the Florida governor’s website.
The Florida State Guard will also be sent to Texas to support Gov. Greg Abbott’s effort to repel migrants at the border, which is the first time the group has been deployed outside the state, according to the statement.
These deployments are in addition to officers from the Florida Highway Patrol, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and Florida Department of Law Enforcement already at the border, the office said.
The governor, 45, made the announcement while standing in front of members of the Florida National Guard and an orange sign that read “Stop the Invasion” in bold black letters.
“States have every right to defend their sovereignty and we are pleased to increase our support for Texas as the Lone Star State works to stop the invasion across the border,” DeSantis added.
Gov. Ron DeSantis made the announcement Thursday morning. GovernorRonDeSantis/Facebook
“Our reinforcements will help Texas add additional barriers, including razor wire along the border. “We don’t have a country if we don’t have a border,” she added.
The former Republican presidential candidate also criticized the Biden administration’s alleged inaction at the border in the wake of U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s record 2.5 million encounters with illegal immigrants in 2023.
“[President] Biden has the authority to close this border today. If he wanted to, he lacks the will to do the job. He lacks the ability to see the problem for what it is and do the job,” DeSantis said, according to Fox News Digital.
DeSantis’ announcement also comes just two days before the main Take Our Border Back rally takes place in Texas.
Florida is “pleased to increase our support for Texas as the Lone Star State works to stop the cross-border invasion,” DeSantis said in his announcement. James Keivom
Robert Agee, who is organizing the Texas leg of the convoy heading to the rally, told The Post on Wednesday that “there will not be 700,000 vehicles” participating in the event as some supporters have claimed.
According to Agee, a Texas resident, about 100 vehicles are headed from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, to Dripping Springs, Texas, outside Austin, where they are expected to arrive tonight.
More people are expected to join the convoy from that point as it continues toward its final destination in Quemado, about 20 miles from Eagle Pass, where one of three demonstrations will take place.
A pre-rally will be held in Dripping Springs on Thursday.
President Biden “lacks the ability to see the problem for what it is and get the job done,” DeSantis added. James Keivom A group of migrants are pulled from the Rio Grande. James Keivom
Speakers will include sheriffs, political candidates and television journalists Laura Logan and Ann Vandersteel, Agee said.
The main rally will be held at Cornerstone Children’s Ranch in Quemado, which is located directly across from the Rio Grande.
“They are spreading misinformation on purpose. No one involved in this convoy is a racist or conspiracy theorist,” Agee told The Post of critics of the Take Our Border Back movement.
“If you look at any of the interviews any of us have done or look at any material we’ve published, you’ll realize that they are simply freedom-loving Americans. Men and women of faith in a spiritual battle are going to come together and use our First Amendment rights to do it and we’re going to pray… So that’s a slander on their part and they’re completely discrediting what we’re doing,” he said. she scoffed.
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