DeSantis claims proposed border deal is just a ‘farce’

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) slammed the proposed border deal and criticized President Biden for not stopping “the invasion” in Saturday comments.

“This border deal is a farce. Joe Biden already has the authority to shut the border down. He could declare it a national emergency,” DeSantis said in a video posted to X, the platform formerly known as Twitter. “He could stop the invasion cold if he wanted to. He does not want to. He wants to let people in.”

The Florida governor is a long-time critic of immigration policy affecting the country’s southern border. As Congress continues to negotiate and struggles to pass a Biden-backed border deal that would also unlock aid for Ukraine, DeSantis said Biden claims the bill gives him the tools “so that he could actually close the border” when in reality “it’s greenlighting up to 5,000 illegals every single day.”