DeSantis calls for multistate partnership as he visits southern border

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : Collin County Sheriff Jim Skinner of Texas said more needs to be done to combat drug smuggling through the southern border and said he was "really proud" of DeSantis for sending Florida law enforcement officers to Texas.
54% : Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Republican presidential candidate who has made immigration a major theme in his campaign, is doubling down on the idea that Republicans need to come together and take border security into their own hands.
53% : The press secretary encouraged the governors to work with the president in a bipartisan way to deal with the increase of migrants at the southern border.
51% : DeSantis was joined by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody and Republican law enforcement officers from Florida, Texas and Arizona, including Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels, who has advocated for taking border security in defiance of the federal government.
44% : At an event in Arizona on Wednesday, DeSantis listed all the hard-line immigration policies he has championed in Florida to preface that he has "the will" to work with like-minded Republican governors and sheriffs to respond to issues at the southern border.
39% : At one point, DeSantis pivoted to foreign policy, saying that the president of the United States should take action against Mexico over border security issues.

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