Florida’s Governor just took illegal immigration enforcement to a whole new level.
He’s proposing a radical expansion of state authority over immigration cases.
And Ron DeSantis blindsided illegal aliens with one jaw-dropping plan that would turn National Guard members into judges.
DeSantis proposes using National Guard as immigration judges
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is charging ahead with bold new proposals to tackle the illegal immigration crisis that Joe Biden unleashed on America.
During a press conference in Miramar, Florida, DeSantis announced that his administration has submitted plans to the Department of Homeland Security proposing that National Guard members serve as immigration judges to process deportation cases.
“We’re ready, willing and able to take it to the next level. We have submitted plans to DHS to say if this is approved, we will go off to the races. And we will be able to do really from soup to nuts, from apprehension to detention, even putting some of our people in the National Guard in line to serve as immigration Judges to process this. We can do it,” DeSantis declared.
This proposal comes on the heels of what DeSantis calls “Operation Tidal Wave,” a collaborative effort between state authorities and Immigration and Customs Enforcement that has already led to the arrest of 1,100 illegal aliens in Florida.
DeSantis made it clear that he wasn’t interested in hearing concerns about “due process” for illegal aliens who have already had their day in court.
“There are tens of thousands of illegal aliens in Florida at a minimum that have already been issued final orders of removal, and there’s hundreds of thousands of them throughout the United States of America,” DeSantis explained. “So they’ve had a lot of process. They’ve been ordered to be removed. They have not complied with those removal orders, and that’s a very, very high priority for our state efforts to continue to identify those individuals and make sure that they return to their country of origin.”
DeSantis wants to revive ‘Air DeSantis’ to deport illegal aliens to El Salvador
Not content with just processing deportation cases faster, DeSantis also revealed that he wants to use state resources to physically transport illegal aliens out of the country.
During an appearance on Fox News’ Ingraham Angle, DeSantis proposed that Florida could “run flights to El Salvador” or other countries if given approval by the Trump administration.
“We can run flights to El Salvador, wherever they need to,” DeSantis promised.
This wouldn’t be the first time DeSantis has used state resources to transport illegal aliens.Â
He previously facilitated flights carrying illegal aliens from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard and California, sparking outrage from Democrats who were forced to deal with the consequences of their open borders policies.
Now DeSantis wants to take these flights international, suggesting Florida could transport suspected illegal aliens directly to Central American countries.
The Governor emphasized that Florida has “ample assets ready and willing to go to work,” but needs the blessing of Trump’s administration to move forward with these plans.
“What we can do is provide more manpower, more space, and then we can even process, but we need that to be blessed, and we need that to be in tandem,” he added.
DeSantis positions Florida at the forefront of immigration enforcement
DeSantis has consistently positioned himself at the forefront of the immigration debate, using state powers to address what he sees as federal shortcomings in enforcement.
The Governor’s past actions, including transporting illegal aliens to Democrat strongholds like Martha’s Vineyard, have already drawn both praise from supporters and criticism from opponents.
His new proposals take these efforts even further by suggesting a significantly expanded role for state governments in what has traditionally been a federal responsibility.
With Donald Trump now back in the White House, DeSantis sees an opportunity to expand Florida’s role in immigration enforcement to unprecedented levels.
Whether these proposals receive approval remains to be seen, but one thing is clear – DeSantis is ready to test the boundaries of state authority when it comes to immigration enforcement.