Gov. DeSantis sending more forces to Texas-Mexico border

Gov. Ron DeSantis says he is continuing a “yearslong effort to do what the federal government refuses to do” by sending more state forces to the Mexican border.

“We have another round of personnel heading to the southern border. Today, we’ve got 76 Florida Highway Patrol and we got 50 National Guardsmen. National Guardsmen will be leaving tonight from Plant City. The Highway Patrol is going to be leaving out of here momentarily,” DeSantis said Friday in Pensacola.

The morale is “great,” DeSantis said, and the force supplementation is necessary, especially given “massive numbers of Chinese coming across the border.”

“They’re just being able to pour into this country,” the Governor lamented, promising to stay in “this fight” until “the problem is solved.”