{"id":81431,"date":"2021-08-29T16:58:10","date_gmt":"2021-08-29T20:58:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=81431"},"modified":"2021-08-29T16:59:32","modified_gmt":"2021-08-29T20:59:32","slug":"gov-desantis-correctly-accuses-the-biden-administration-of-operating-its-own-human-smuggling-operation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=81431","title":{"rendered":"<b>Gov. DeSantis correctly &#8220;accuses the Biden administration of operating its own human smuggling operation&#8221;.<\/b>"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>Gov. DeSantis Demands Biden Administration Cease Resettlement<br \/>\nOf Illegals In Florida<\/strong><\/h1>\n<p><!--more-->By Jannis Falkenstein<br \/>\nThe Epoch Times<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis sent a letter to the Biden Administration demanding transparency and that they cease sending \u201cillegal aliens\u201d to Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cPresident [Joe] Biden, Vice President [Kamala] Harris, and their administration\u00a0<strong>have refused to fulfill their responsibility to enforce immigration laws enacted by Congress and the resulting influx of unvetted illegal aliens endangers our national security and undermines the socioeconomic wellbeing of hardworking American citizens,<\/strong>\u201d DeSantis said in a written statement.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cUnfortunately, even though the federal government is responsible for immigration enforcement, it is the states who bear the brunt of this administration\u2019s reckless immigration policies.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"Advert_desktop__1J5vD Advert_tablet__3QEBr Advert_mobile__1rlLc Advert_placement__1I4yb Advert_align__N0_fw\">\n<aside id=\"in-content-video\" class=\"Advert_verticallySpaced__wnPy3\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_0__container__\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/21841313772,21778456762\/zerohedge\/in_content_video_1__container__\"><\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<\/div>\n<p>In the letter (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flgov.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/SGS-BIZHUB21082608150.pdf\">pdf<\/a>) to Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas, the Republican governor wrote that he wanted an end to the mass resettlements of \u201cillegal aliens\u201d into the United States. DeSantis also urged the Department of Homeland Security to provide more transparency when it comes to the resettling of illegals in Florida and to give advance notice to \u201cstate leadership\u201d before illegals are resettled into the state.\u00a0 He called the Biden administration\u2019s border policies \u201cdisastrous\u201d and gave a deadline of September 30, 2021, to give the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) a long list of information and data before sending more illegals into the state.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/flor_0.jpg?itok=iG7ymRrS\" data-image-external-href=\"\" data-image-href=\"\/s3\/files\/inline-images\/flor_0.jpg?itok=iG7ymRrS\" data-link-option=\"0\"><picture><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"inline-images image-style-inline-images\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.zerohedge.com\/s3fs-public\/styles\/inline_image_mobile\/public\/inline-images\/flor_0.jpg?itok=iG7ymRrS\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"300\" data-entity-type=\"file\" data-entity-uuid=\"cc28e72a-9d50-4522-a08e-24b771b3b6a2\" data-responsive-image-style=\"inline_images\" \/><\/picture><\/a><\/p>\n<p>DeSantis\u2019 letter requested that the Biden administration disclose the following information to FDLE:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>the number of illegal aliens resettled in Florida;<\/li>\n<li>the names and destination of the illegal aliens;<\/li>\n<li>the number of illegal aliens resettled in Florida who were tested for COVID-19 and the results of such tests;<\/li>\n<li>the identities of illegal aliens who have criminal records and who have previously entered the U.S. illegally; and<\/li>\n<li>the number and identity of illegal aliens resettled in Florida who have failed to appear for their removal proceedings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The letter went on to accuse the Biden administration of operating its own human smuggling operation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cMy office has received information indicating that ICE, sometimes with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, has chartered flights transporting illegal alien adults and children to Florida,\u201d the governor wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGiven the overall lack of transparency, I am concerned that the federal government is running its own massive human smuggling operation, surreptitiously resettling illegal aliens in the various states without consultation or even advance notice to state leadership.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The governor wrote that this practice is \u201cintolerable and unacceptable.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>DeSantis wrote that he knows \u201cfirsthand\u201d about the border crisis as he visited the border and deployed law enforcement officers to aid Texas law enforcement and border patrol agents with the surge of migrants attempting to cross the border.<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI have been to the border, and I observed firsthand the chaos that this administration\u2019s policies have created,\u201d DeSantis said. To fill the void left by the federal government, Florida deployed its own law enforcement officers to the border.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>After speaking with law enforcement officers who were deployed to the border to aid Texas law enforcement, DeSantis said they have told him that many of the migrants that were apprehended at the border said they plan to come to Florida.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>\u201cFloridians welcome responsible immigration that serves the interests of our citizens, but we cannot abide the lawlessness that this administration is aiding and abetting, and frankly\u00a0<em>encouraging<\/em>, on the southwest border,\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0DeSantis said.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Law enforcement officials, according to the governor\u2019s office said that most of the migrants indicated their final stops were going to be larger Florida cities such as Kissimmee, Orlando, Miami, Hialeah, and Jacksonville.<\/p>\n<p>In April 2021, DeSantis had written to Mayorkas\u2019s office requesting that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) remove all illegal alien felons who had completed their prison sentences in Florida.\u00a0 The governor said in his current letter that he has seen \u201cno action\u201d to enforce the federal immigration laws.<\/p>\n<p><strong>DeSantis wrote that it was his opinion that DHS was resettling large numbers of illegal aliens who have \u201cno lawful status under federal immigration law from the southwest border to Florida.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>He wrote:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em><strong>\u201cThe Constitution charges the President with the duty to faithfully execute the laws, and with respect to immigration enforcement, the federal government, with the Supreme Court\u2019s blessing, has assumed near exclusive responsibility.\u00a0Unfortunately, President Biden and this administration refuse to fulfill their responsibility to enforce the immigration laws enacted by Congress.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>DeSantis said in his letter that the \u201cRemain in Mexico\u201d program that was administered under the Trump Administration was ultimately replaced with \u201ccatch and release\u201d by the Biden administration, which he attributes to the massive influx of migrants.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cThe administration\u2019s reversal or weakening of the prior administration\u2019s enforcement policies had amounted to an open invitation for mass illegal migration the United States, and the results have been predictably catastrophic,\u201d DeSantis wrote. \u201cSince this administration took office, the number of illegal aliens encountered at the southwest border has skyrocketed, increasing each month at an unrelenting pace.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>When Biden took office in January the number of border encounters was 78,417. In one month that number increased to 101,098; 173,283 in March; 178,797 in April; 180,569 in May; 188,934 in June and 212,672 in July according to figures from\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbp.gov\/newsroom\/stats\/southwest-land-border-encounters\">U.S. Customs and Border Protection<\/a>.\u00a0 This puts a total number of encounters for the fiscal year to be approximately 1.3 million.\u00a0 In the last year of the Trump administration the total number of encounters was 458,088.<\/p>\n<p>The governor ended his letter with doubts that the federal government would comply with his request and reminded the secretary that it was the states who were \u201csaddled\u201d with the costs of having illegals in their states.\u00a0 Also, he said that massive illegal immigration increases the spread of COVID-19 and will consume taxpayer money and overload government services including the education system.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cAlthough I seek an immediate end to the resettlement of illegal aliens in Florida, at the very least, DHS should provide the requested information in the interest of greater transparency,\u201d DeSantis wrote.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cThe State of Florida is entitled to this information to protect the health, safety, and welfare of its people.\u201d<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Efforts to obtain a response from the White House were made with no response.<\/p>\n<p>___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/gov-desantis-demands-biden-administration-cease-resettlement-of-illegals-in-florida_3967088.html\">https:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/gov-desantis-demands-biden-administration-cease-resettlement-of-illegals-in-florida_3967088.html<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gov. 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