Faced with the immigration crisis affecting the southern border of the United States, the Republican state of Florida deploy agents to Texas and Arizona to support local authorities “due to the failure of the Biden Administration to secure our southern border.”
This was communicated today by the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, after the governors of those southern states sent a letter seeking help after President Biden revoked the immigration policies of Donald Trump, according to the agency EFE.
“The border security crisis in the United States affects all states and all Americans,” the governor said at a press conference.
They go against drug trafficking and immigrants
The Republican gave as an example of insecurity an incident in May in Martin County, in which an 82-year-old woman was “raped by a criminal illegal alien.”
While the Florida attorney general, Ashley Moody, published a statement on the matter later in which she indicated what is sought with this measure.
“End human trafficking, protect our children from sexual predators, and fight the opioid crisis that kills 21 lives a day in our state, but President Biden … is not helping us achieve this. these vital objectives of public security, “said the attorney.
Between January and April of this year, Texas Department of Public Safety confiscated nearly 95 pounds (43 kg) of fentanyl, according to the statement, and adds that that amount equates to 21.5 million lethal doses of that drug.
“That is an increase compared to 2020, when the same agency confiscated only 11 pounds (4.9 kg) during the first four months,” he adds.
The Florida government statement also states that “Human smugglers posing as a family are using children to cross the border,” according to versions of former Border Patrol agents.
In recent months, the number of immigrants trying to reach the United States from the Mexican border has skyrocketed. Only in may more than 180 thousand illegal immigrants were captured trying to enter US territory.
Republicans blame Joe Biden’s easing of the immigration stockings for the dramatic increase.
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