DeSantis foresees "massive disaster" at southern border with Title 42 end

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said Tuesday that with the imminent end of Title 42, which allows the immediate expulsion of migrants, a "massive disaster" will occur on the southern border of the United States due to the foreseeable increase in the arrival of undocumented immigrants.

"This week we will see a massive disaster with the expiration of Title 42," DeSantis said at a press conference today. It is expected that he will announce his candidacy for the Republican primaries at any time ahead of the November 2024 presidential elections.

The governor of Florida was referring to the end of the immigration policy declared during the national health emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and under which the border authorities during the Trump administration (2017-2021) and Biden administration (2021-Present), had the power to immediately remove migrants who enter through Canada and Mexico to the United States.

In a press conference offered in Miami, DeSantis said he is even willing to provide help for immigration control, despite the fact that it is not a state that borders Mexico and does not have jurisdiction for it.

"We will send people to help in this effort" of immigration control, DeSantis said before the forseeable relaxation of surveillance tasks in Texas on the 12th of the month.

DeSantis also expressed his opinion that the idea transmitted to migrants that if they arrive in United States territory they will be released inside the North American country does not serve as a deterrent, for which reason he stressed that this manner of action "is not going to work".

The governor also referred to the organized crime cartels that he said "bring people into our country" and also "massive amounts of fentanyl," the opioid that wreaks havoc in the North American country.

"It is killing people in Florida communities. Fentanyl is everywhere in the country," he stressed, after assuring that many families are losing their youngest members because of this drug, which he associated with organized criminal gangs in the U.S. southern border

He said he supports strengthening the border wall with Mexico, which "will never be enough" as the cartels continue their illegal activities.

The governor delivered these statements at a Miami school, where today he signed five projects related to education, one of which will allocate more than 1 billion dollars in this year's budget to pay teachers, an increase of 252 million compared to the previous one.

During the signing of the legislative package at True North Classical Academy, DeSantis was joined by Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nuñez, Speaker of the Florida House of Representatives Paul Renner, and Florida Commissioner of Education Manny Diaz.

DeSantis highlighted the "Teachers' Bill of Rights" bill that addresses the right of teachers to teach in a safe and orderly classroom.

Regarding the bill that allocates more than 1,000 million dollars for teacher salary increases, he said that it is a record for the state of Florida.