Desantis: Florida National Guard battalion will go to protect Texas borders. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis announced the dispatch of state National Guardsmen to the southern border of the United States.
The purpose of this decision is to help Texas strengthen its border security to “stop the invasion once and for all,” he emphasized. The Texas National Guard, deployed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, took control of Shelby Park in Eagle Pass on the border with Mexico. Before that, federal border agents used it to hold migrants before transporting them for processing.