Florida Sending ‘More Support’ to Texas to Secure Southern Border
by Hannah Bleau Knudsen
Florida is sending “more support” to assist Texas in securing the southern border, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) said on Thursday.
“Florida has been assisting at the southern border since 2021, and we are sending more support from both the @FLStateGuard & up to one battalion of @FLGuard,” DeSantis announced.
More specifically, the governor added that “their mission will be to assist Texas in erecting barriers at the border to stop the invasion of illegal aliens”:
Florida has been assisting at the southern border since 2021, and we are sending more support from both the @FLStateGuard & up to one battalion of @FLGuard. Their mission will be to assist Texas in erecting barriers at the border to stop the invasion of illegal aliens.
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) February 1, 2024
DeSantis’s announcement comes as Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) clarifies that the Lone Star state is “prepared” to continue building barriers at the border, even if President Joe Biden federalizes the Texas National Guard.
“Well, first, I’ll be shocked. That would be a boneheaded move on his part; total disaster,” Abbott told Tucker Carlson.
“For one, as you might imagine, we are prepared in the event that that unlikely event does occur to make sure that we will be able to continue exactly what we’ve been doing over the past month, and that is building these barriers,” Abbott explained.