Florida official stunned after border visit: ‘Just so horrifying’

Published April 4, 2024 3:00am ET



One of Florida’s top officials said he left a visit to the Texas border in disbelief after seeing the illegal immigration and drug smuggling crises with his own eyes.

Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis, a Cabinet member in Gov. Ron DeSantis‘s (R-FL) administration who oversees finances for the deployment of state military and law enforcement personnel to the border, described being stunned by how brazenly Mexican cartel smugglers moved immigrants and drugs.

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