Ron DeSantis deploys Florida law enforcement officers to southern border

Florida deployed dozens of law enforcement officials to defend the U.S.-Mexico border, Gov. Ron DeSantis announced on Friday.

Heeding calls for assistance from his fellow governors in Texas and Arizona, DeSantis dispatched more than 50 members of the state’s Department of Law Enforcement, Highway Patrol, and Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission to Texas to “provide additional support in response to the security crisis at the southern border,” according to a press release. Mission-critical equipment was also deployed.