Republican presidential candidate Ron DeSantis made an unannounced trip to the US-Mexico border Wednesday.
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Last month, the governor mobilized more than 1,100 Florida National Guard members to the Texas-Mexico border to help deal with a surge of crossings.with former President Donald Trump, 76, over immigration policy in recent weeks, arguing that he has proven his conservative bona fides on the issue for opposing a plan that would have granted amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants.“That was supposed to be America First, policies that oppose amnesty.
DeSantis supported previous moves by the Trump administration to crack down on drug trafficking and human smuggling, as well as theTrump-backing super PAC MAGA Inc. drew attention to the shift in a Wednesday statement, saying: “President Donald Trump’s immigration policies kept Americans safe, just ask Ron DeSantis.”following the expiration of emergency declarations prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic.
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