DeSantis requests Biden administration stop resettling illegal immigrants in Florida

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis wrote to the Biden government this week calling on them to stop resettling illegal immigrants in the state of Florida – and instead either deport them or send them to a state that supports “disregard of our immigration laws.” . “

DeSantis wrote a letter to Homeland Security Minister Alejandro Mayorkas against what he believed the government was not doing to enforce immigration law or to “protect Floridians from the continued release of dangerous criminal aliens”.

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“As the Floridians work to ensure that criminal aliens are not released back into our communities, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) appears to be working hard to relocate more and more illegal aliens who do not have legal status under the federal immigration law to the Southwest Border Florida, “he said in the letter.

In July, more than 212,000 migrants were encountered at the border. While approximately 95,000, mostly single adults, have been removed through Title 42 public health protection, the Biden administration is not removing unaccompanied children or some migrant families under Trump-era order.

Coupled with the resolution of the Migrant Protection Protocols (MPP) by the Biden government, this means that many migrants will be processed and released to the US, with a request to appear before a court or Immigration and Customs Service (ICE), and often there travel where they may already have relatives as their hearings proceed.

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The Florida governor cited statistics from Border Patrol that said 59,691 immigrants had either a court complaint or a recognition warrant issued in July alone, and that by June 6,254 unaccompanied children had been released to sponsors in Florida that fiscal year.

DeSantis, one of several Republican governors who spoke out against the Biden government’s immigration policies and accused them of fueling the surge at the border, called on Mayorkas not to relocate migrants to the Sunshine State.

“I ask the DHS to immediately cease any further resettlement of illegal aliens in Florida and instead remove the aliens from the United States or relocate them to states that support the government’s continued disregard of our immigration laws,” he said.

“Florida residents welcome responsible immigration that serves the interests of Florida and the American people, but we cannot stand the lawlessness that your department on the Southwest Frontier supports,” he wrote.

A DHS spokesperson told Fox News in a statement that the DHS policy continues to have single adults and families removed after Title 42. Those Mexico will not take will be transported to an ICE facility, will be discharged with either a notice to appear or a notice to report to an ICE office.

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“As part of the process, border guards collect biometric and biographical information – fingerprints, photos, phone numbers, and an address in the United States – and do a background check to identify criminals or people who pose a risk to public safety,” the spokesman said .

The spokesman said that many immigrants “proactively contact ICE to begin their official immigration processing, including by receiving a notice to appear” and that community partners also play a role in getting individuals to register with ICE and the court Report to.

“Those who do not answer will be removed from ICE, like anyone who is in our country without legal status,” they said.

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DeSantis said he had “no illusion” that the motion would be approved, but wanted to emphasize that “the states, not the federal government, bear the brunt of this government’s lawless immigration policies”.

His letter also requests information, including the number of illegal immigrants, including unaccompanied children, arrested at the border that DHS has relocated to Florida since January, their information, how many received a COVID-19 vaccine, and how many did not appear at their trial.

The Biden government recently suffered legal defeat in the Supreme Court, with the Supreme Court refusing to suspend a federal judge’s order that the government reinstate protocols to protect migrants. The DHS has announced that it will comply with the order.