Gov. DeSantis says he’s open to sending his Florida State Guard to Texas southern border

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis reinstated on Friday his willingness to send the Florida National Guard and the Florida State Guard to the U.S.-Mexico border as Texas openly defies U.S. Supreme Court orders.

In a press conference in Osceola County, DeSantis trumpeted sending troops to other states as good policy. Just yesterday DeSantis joined 24 Republican governors in signing a letter supporting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s use of razor wire along the southern border because of its “constitutional right to self-defense.”

“The states being able to step up, ensure the sovereignty of their territory and the sovereignty of our country. It’s something that’s appropriate. It’s something that the founders envisioned if you had a derelict executive in the federal government,” DeSantis said during the press conference.

He compared sending the Florida State Guard to the Texas border to helping states deal with natural disasters.

“We may do more National Guard, but we also would be willing to do the Florida State Guard, and the reason why you would want to do the State Guard is because the president would not be able to federalize the State Guard,” he said.

He also said the Florida State Guard was better because President Joe Biden doesn’t have control over it as he does over the National Guard.

“I don’t know if it’s going to come to this but just think about what does that say to the American people If you are federalizing the Texas National Guard in order to take barricades down from the border to let more people come in illegally?” he said.

Meanwhile, U.S. senators are working on the final details of an immigration policy deal, according to State Newsrooms’ D.C. bureau. So far what is known about the deal indicates that it would curb the Biden administration’s use of parole authority that provides temporary protections to migrants by allowing them to live and work in the country without visas.