Gov. DeSantis sending 800 Florida National Guard, law enforcement to Texas to help border control

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

67% : DeSantis signed controversial legislation last week that stepped up requirements on businesses to check the immigration status of workers, cracked down on people who bring undocumented immigrants into Florida and required data on whether hospital patients are in the country legally.
66% : They argue, in part, that undocumented immigrants coming into Florida create costs for services such as schools, health care and prisons.
57% : Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday said Florida "stands ready" and will send Florida National Guard troops and law-enforcement officers to Texas to help with border control as he nears an expected announcement of a White House bid.
54% : DeSantis' office said in a news release Tuesday afternoon that 800 members of the Florida National Guard, along with Florida Highway Patrol troopers, Florida Department of Law Enforcement officers, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers were available and ready to deploy within 24 hours.
54% : In addition to sending troops and law-enforcement officers, the DeSantis administration news release Tuesday said Florida would make available five fixed-wing airplanes, two mobile command vehicles, 17 drones and 10 marine vessels, such as airboats and shallow-draft vessels.
45% : Those troops were sent to supplement the work of U.S. Customs and Border Protection and not carry out law enforcement, according to the Pentagon.
45% : Asked about the border Sunday while in Delaware, Biden said things were much "better than you all expected" and that the numbers of migrants seeking asylum were going down, according to a White House transcript.

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