Inside the Beltway | Florida to the rescue
has announced that Florida itself “stands ready to help defend the southern U.S. border and is deploying assets to aid Texas’ border security crisis.”
101 Florida Highway Patrol troopers, 200 Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers, in teams of 40; 20 Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers; 800 Florida National Guard soldiers, 20 Emergency Management personnel — including radio technicians, logisticians, mechanics and planners; five available fixed-wing aircraft with monitoring equipment and downlink capabilities with two aviation crew teams, two Mobile Command vehicles and two command teams, 17 available unmanned...
“At my direction, state agencies including law enforcement and the Florida National Guard are being deployed to Texas, with assets including personnel, boats and planes. While Biden ignores the crisis he created, Florida stands ready to help Texas respond to this crisis,” the governor advised. “In the meantime, House Republicans passed a bill to responsibly raise the debt limit, save taxpayers money, and grow the economy.
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