Gov. DeSantis joins GOP Governors vowing support for Donald Trump immigration policies

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Chief executives are committed to the President-elect's tougher approach.

Gov. Ron DeSantis spent much of the last four years railing about the open southern border. Now, he and like-minded chief executives have much less to complain about.

DeSantis and others signed on to a letter led by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster backing President-elect Donald Trump’s expected crackdown on illegal immigration.

“We stand ready to utilize every tool at our disposal — whether through state law enforcement or the National Guard — to support President Trump in this vital mission,” the Governors said in a joint statement.

DeSantis has made a number of high-profile plays spotlighting the porous border and its consequences.

These include deploying state law enforcement assets to Texas to help deal with the migration crisis, sending migrant flights to Martha’s Vineyard and California, and other moves that brooked media controversy but vividly registered protest against the Joe Biden administration’s facilitation of the illegal influx.

The statement alludes to moves like that made by DeSantis and his counterparts.

“When the Biden Administration refused to secure our borders and uphold the rule of law, it was Republicans who took action. We mobilized state resources, including law enforcement and National Guard units, to protect Americans from disastrous open border policies and prevent illegal immigration from overwhelming our country.”

The signatories include Kay Ivey of Alabama; Mike Dunleavy of Alaska; Sarah Sanders of Arkansas; Brian Kemp of Georgia; Brad Little of Idaho; Eric Holcomb of Indiana; Kim Reynolds of Iowa; Jeff Landry of Louisiana; Tate Reeves of Mississippi; Mike Parson of Missouri; Greg Gianforte of Montana; Jim Pillen of Nebraska; Joe Lombardo of Nevada; Chris Sununu of New Hampshire; Doug Burgum of North Dakota; Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma; Mike DeWine of Ohio; Kristi Noem of South Dakota; Bill Lee of Tennessee; Greg Abbott of Texas; Spencer Cox of Utah; Glenn Youngkin of Virginia; Jim Justice of West Virginia; and Mark Gordon of Wyoming.

They “remain fully committed to supporting the Trump Administration’s efforts to deport dangerous criminals, gang members, and terrorists who are in this country illegally.”

A.G. Gancarski

A.G. Gancarski has been the Northeast Florida correspondent for Florida Politics since 2014. His work also can be seen in the Washington Post, the New York Post, the Washington Times, and National Review, among other publications. He can be reached at [email protected] or on Twitter: @AGGancarski


10 comments

  • ScienceBLVR

    December 11, 2024 at 7:15 pm

    Perhaps Kady Liberty says it best…
    “Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!” cries she
    With silent lips. “Give me your tired, your poor,
    Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
    The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
    Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
    I lift my lamp beside the golden door!”

    • Paul Passarelli

      December 11, 2024 at 7:54 pm

      And there is a lawful path for immigrants to become citizens. But until they choose to follow that more difficult and more rewarding route they are criminal aliens on our soil.

      • MH/Duuuval

        December 12, 2024 at 1:05 pm

        Yeah, like you wouldn’t vamoose if criminal gangs or militias or even a national guard threatened your life, the lives of your family, and your property?

  • A Day Without Insecure White Mens

    December 11, 2024 at 7:40 pm

    You notice how insecure White people like Desantis have to have the herd mentality, incapable of standing on their own

    • Paul Passarelli

      December 11, 2024 at 7:55 pm

      Wow! Talk about oblivious. These governors *DID* stand alone against the slings and arrows of the Left & the Drive-by Media.

    • MH/Duuuval

      December 12, 2024 at 9:28 am

      Emory historian Carol Anderson uses the term “fragile” white men.

      • MH/Duuuval

        December 12, 2024 at 1:03 pm

        DH Lawrence characterized American males as homicidal and hysterical. And this was before so many were armed as they are today.

        Southern white men are “tetchiness” archetypes, prone to violence when bullying or rhetoric fail to win their point..

  • Paul Passarelli

    December 11, 2024 at 7:52 pm

    I count 26/50 or 52% in support of strict crackdowns.

    I suspect that at least a few more will join up once they see that removing illegal aliens from US soil leads to a general improvement of quality of life.

    There will be 7-8 hardcore leftist loons that will never admit they are wrong.

    • MH/Duuuval

      December 12, 2024 at 1:10 pm

      Aside from the tragic consequences of what would be an internal ethnic cleansing, asylum seekers pay taxes and perform work you wouldn’t dream of doing, such as working in slaughterhouses, working in the fields doing stoop labor, are doing construction work.

      The loony people here are those who imagine US citizens are going to benefit from a cleansing.

      BTW: There are still approximately 2000 children who were separated by Trump and Miller who have yet to be reunited with their blood relatives. Was that also a good plan?

      • MH/Duuuval

        December 15, 2024 at 11:00 am

        The MAGA fanatics in statehouses around the country are already lining up to deploy their state and local law enforcement elements to rid the country of 11 million or so “undesirables.”

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