STOP THE INVASION

BIDEN'S BORDER CRISIS

Joe Biden has failed to meet the most basic responsibility of ensuring the territorial integrity of our country.   

Biden's gross dereliction of duty has left the southern border in shambles.   

Millions of illegal aliens have entered the United States during Biden's administration, including criminal aliens and individuals suspected by the U.S. government of terrorism, which has overwhelmed communities across the nation.   

Thanks to Biden, border patrol lacks the needed resources, manpower and policy support to do the job the way rank-and-file agents desire.   

Vast expanses of the border have no barrier at all, as the needed border wall is far short of completion. 

The Mexican drug cartels have capitalized on Biden's failure by trafficking humans and drugs across the border at record levels. The drugs that infiltrated our country have devastated communities from coast to coast: fentanyl trafficked across the southern border is now the leading killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 50.   

This epic failure to reclaim our sovereignty has caused harms that touch millions of Americans in their daily lives. 

Public safety has suffered. El Paso, TX used to be a quiet, orderly town, yet they recently had to suspend their streetcar service because there were some 1,800 illegal aliens sleeping on the sidewalk. And it's not just El Paso---every border town is under assault: sidewalks filled with illegals from around the world, emergency rooms overflowing, ranches and homes overrun, and public safety shredded because Joe Biden has refused to meet his most basic responsibility of upholding American sovereignty.

Illegal immigration has also hollowed out the wages of the American working class. As the economy has grown over the past few decades the wages of the working class have remained stagnant on an inflation-adjusted basis. That should not be a surprise given how American workers are consistently undercut by cheaper illegal labor. 

Mass illegal immigration is also fundamentally unfair to immigrants who make their way to the United States legally. Some wait a decade in line for their turn to immigrate. Our system spits in the faces of those who respect our laws by allowing illegal aliens to break those laws with functional impunity.

And we have seen plenty of them. Last year, I asked the Florida Supreme Court for permission to empanel a grand jury to investigate reports of children being abused on their journey to the United States and after they arrived. The Supreme Court agreed, and the Florida Attorney General, Ashley Moody, has uncovered some horrifying stories.

For just one example: One Honduran mother of four agreed to “rent” three of her four children, ages six months to twelve years, to three different Honduran men so they could pass through the Texas border as families. This mother, in exchange, was to receive free passage for herself and all four kids. All these men had previously been deported—but they knew that if they tried again accompanied by a child, the Border Patrol would let them pass, even though they were deportable. This led to a six-month-old infant being left with a family of strangers in Florida for months.

Make no mistake: Joe Biden’s administration has made the most inhumane policy choice possible on the border. Dangling jobs to migrants as a reward here in the United States, so long as they are willing to bring an unrelated minor child along with them, should be something out of a dystopian novel. But it’s happening right here, right now, and it’s time for us to stop it.

We will end catch-and-release and ensure that migrants are held in detention while they are awaiting the resolution of their claims, and not just released into the interior of the country. We will reimpose Remain in Mexico and stop the flood of phony asylum claims. We will hire more Border Patrol agents and more removal agents to make sure that even if illegal immigrants cross, they will swiftly be found and deported.

We will take action to end the idea that the children of illegal aliens are entitled to birthright citizenship if they are born in the United States. Dangling the prize of citizenship to the future offspring of illegal immigrants is a major driver of illegal migration. It is also inconsistent with the original understanding of 14th Amendment, and we will force the courts and Congress to finally address this failed policy.

We will work aggressively to increase pay for Border Patrol agents, to address recruitment, retention, and morale. Border Patrol agents work tirelessly to protect this country, and they have been repeatedly disrespected by the Biden Administration. That will stop on day one of my Presidency.

When we build the wall, migrants won’t think they can cross. When we hire more Border Patrol agents, we’ll stop those who try. When we step up deportations, migrants won’t think they can stay here, even if they somehow managed to cross.

Also, many migrants don’t start their journey in Mexico—caravans of South American migrants routinely come north, starting by crossing the Panama-Colombia border near the Panama Canal. We will work with the Panamanian and Colombian governments to shut down crossings across this border and stop the caravans before they get started.

I will wage war on narco-trafficking in Mexico and throughout Latin America. I will designate the Mexican drug cartels as Transnational Criminal Organizations, and I will sanction cartels, their leaders, and other entities that provide support for drug trafficking.

I will authorize appropriate rules of engagement at the border so that those trying to smuggle drugs into the United States are met with the use of force. Right now, cartel operatives cut through portions of the border wall with impunity and poison our communities with dangerous drugs; that ends on January 20, 2025.

We will also engage in additional direct action as needed to counter cartel activities. And if the Mexican Government doesn’t do something about stopping the precursor chemicals for drugs going through Mexican ports into cartel hands, we’ll send in the Coast Guard and the Navy.

Florida is a maritime border state: illegal migrants regularly try to reach our shores by sea. During my term as Governor, we saw illegal migrants trying to cross in tiny, unsafe dinghies. Now, for the most part, this is the responsibility of the federal Coast Guard. Even so, I signed an executive order to surge state resources and help the Coast Guard interdict these boats. The result was a massive decrease in successful maritime crossings and repatriation of tens of thousands of foreign nationals—and a large decrease in attempts. The lesson? When illegal aliens think they will get caught, they do not come.

I haven’t just taken executive action to confront the problem of mass illegal migration. During my time as Governor, I have signed landmark legislation to combat illegal immigration. We have banned sanctuary cities, required a legal workforce by enacting E-Verify, enhanced penalties for human smuggling, and barred drivers licenses and ID cards for illegal aliens.

We’ve also dedicated resources to relocate migrants to sanctuary jurisdictions, such as Martha’s Vineyard and California, relieving overrun border communities and bringing the reality of the border crisis to those who support Biden’s open border policies. Until we have a closed border, the jurisdictions who support open borders should bear the consequences of their policy preferences.

We’ve made fighting the effects of illegal immigration a top priority in the State of Florida. As President, I will take that focus and energy and use it to fix our border crisis, once and for all.

NO EXCUSES: THE DESANTIS PLAN TO SECURE OUR BORDER

NO EXCUSES: STOP THE INVASION

As president, Ron DeSantis will secure operational control of our border.   

• DeSantis will end catch-and-release. If you cross illegally, you will be detained until your hearing date.  

• DeSantis will reimpose Remain in Mexico. If you arrive at a port of entry on the US-Mexico border claiming asylum, you will not enter the United States while your claim is being processed.  

• DeSantis will increase Border Patrol pay to boost recruiting and ensure the Border Patrol has the necessary staffing to stop crossings.    

• DeSantis will have DHS conduct a recruitment campaign targeting former military members and police officers for positions at CBP and ICE. 

• DeSantis will take action to end the idea that the children of illegal aliens are entitled to birthright citizenship if they are born in the United States. Dangling the prize of citizenship to the future offspring of illegal immigrants is a major driver of illegal migration. It is also inconsistent with the original understanding of 14th Amendment, and DeSantis will force the courts and Congress to finally address this failed policy.

• DeSantis will close the Flores loophole that incentivizes child trafficking. 

• DeSantis will tax remittances from illegal aliens, with exemptions for U.S. citizens and lawfully present foreign nationals, and penalize countries attempting evasion.

• DeSantis will end the use of Notices to Report and any government funding for non-citizen travel.  

• He will end the abuse of prosecutorial discretion and parole authority in immigration-related cases and deport criminal aliens. 

• DeSantis will work with Congress and through further executive actions to strengthen and enforce E-Verify.  

• DeSantis will defund and prosecute entities that aid or conspire to violate U.S. immigration laws.  

• He will seek changes from Congress to strengthen penalties for human trafficking, smuggling, and reoccurring illegal reentry.  

• DeSantis will deport visa overstays. 

• He will allow ICE Enforcement and Removal Operations officers to do their jobs and focus on illegal alien entries under Biden's border crisis and those with criminal records.  

• DeSantis will cease funding the non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and international organizations engaged in facilitating illegal alien processing, human smuggling, and encouraging mass migration on behalf of the Biden administration while seeking to reprogram that money for ICE operations. 

• DeSantis will direct the Department of State and the Department of Homeland Security to reinstate Asylum Cooperative Agreements with Northern Triangle Countries immediately.  

• He will seek changes to give immigration judges summary disposition authority and require DOJ to greatly narrow conditions for continuance, motions, and administrative appeals. 

• DeSantis will sanction and restrict visas of countries who do not accept deportees.   

• DeSantis will work with Panama to close the Darien Gap to prevent future caravans from South American and prevent Chinese control of the Panama Canal.  

• He will establish priorities under the Development Finance Corporation to seek areas of opportunity with returned workforces in Central and South America for supply chain nearshoring and cooperative agreements to end migration patterns. 

• DeSantis will also seek additional resources for CBP personnel and technology on America's northern border. 

NO EXCUSES: BUILD THE WALL  

As president, Ron DeSantis will build the wall. No excuses.  

• DeSantis will use the military to assist the border patrol on day one, and they will continue to help until the wall is built. 

• There are 600 miles open along the US-Mexico border. He will use every dollar available to him as President and every dollar he can squeeze out of Congress to get it done.  

• This will additionally include needed fiber optic security systems, lighting, and sensors for the system that CBP agents need to do their jobs.  

• DeSantis will order the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to clear Carrizo cane and build navigable roads along the Rio Grande for CBP border security operations.  

• The left tries to make fun of a border wall, but walls work. Israel built a 152-mile-long fence along its border with Egypt. Once completed, illegal crossings dropped by more than 99% year-over-year.     

NO EXCUSES: HOLD CARTELS ACCOUNTABLE 

As president, Ron DeSantis will hold the Mexican drug cartels accountable.  

• DeSantis will declare the Mexican drug cartels to be Transnational Criminal Organizations. He will authorize sanctions on cartels, cartel leaders, and other entities known to do business with the cartels. And we will strengthen penalties for those who traffic in fentanyl, as well as those American citizens who work with the cartels.   

• DeSantis will set up a Joint Counter-Cartel Task Force to direct and prioritize anti-cartel intelligence gathering and actions by our law enforcement and intelligence agencies.   

• DeSantis will convene the Organization of American States to announce new diplomatic, economic, and security initiatives to deter violent cartel activity. 

• DeSantis will authorize appropriate rules of engagement at the border so that those trying to smuggle drugs into the United States are met with the use of force. Right now, cartel operatives cut through portions of the border wall with impunity and poison our communities with dangerous drugs; that ends on January 20, 2025.  

• And if the Mexican government drags its feet, DeSantis reserves the right to operate across the border to secure our territory from Mexican cartel activities. If the Mexican government won't stop cartel drug manufacturing, DeSantis will surge resources to the Navy and the Coast Guard and block precursor chemicals from entering Mexican ports.   

NO EXCUSES: WORK WITH STATES TO ENFORCE THE LAW 

As president, DeSantis will stop DOJ from suing states when they enforce immigration laws.  

• DeSantis will instead uphold their Article I authority to defend their state against invasion.  

• DeSantis will impose firm penalties on sanctuary jurisdictions. If these lawless jurisdictions try to thwart federal immigration law, DeSantis will cut off hundreds of millions of dollars in grants to them. 

• DeSantis will seek funding to reimburse states who have been forced by Biden's border crisis to take the direct costs on the chin.  

• DeSantis will remove illegal aliens from census apportionment calculations.