Hurtado. Thanks for joining us. First at five. The situation at the southern border is showing no signs of easing up. Now the state of Florida is stepping up to help stem the flow of migrants into the United States. And that involves sending hundreds of Florida troops to Texas. Our Mark Wilson is here now to explain some mark, bring us up to speed. Well, it's not the first time he sent folks to Texas. Keep that in mind. Governor DeSantis said today that he's deploying members of the Florida State Guard and the Florida National Guard, both to Texas. And the plan now is to help them assist Texas officials to try to get a better handle on the spike in undocumented immigrants right now that are crossing the US Mexico border. And this, of course, comes as the state of Texas continues to butt heads with the federal government, a dispute that stems from the Supreme Court's recent decision here to allow federal agents to remove razor wire, razor wire that Texas recently installed along the border. Governor DeSantis argues that the states have the right to defend their borders, regardless of what the federal government does, which is why he is sending Florida troops to Texas. And he says, specifically sending the state guard along with the National Guard because he said that's necessary for sovereignty . He says today that the federal government would have no control over our state Guard troops, unlike National Guard troops. Still, one state lawmaker slams the move, calling it a stunt, questioning the governor's focus following his run for president. If Texas is helping to erect barriers, putting up razor wire, doing other things to keep illegal aliens out, I want to be helpful with them doing that. I don't want to be part of the federal government trying to tear down these barriers and let more people in illegally. We should not be sending them to the border because this is not their job. This is not for Florida to get involved in. And we certainly have plenty of crises to deal with here at home. So so many didn't even really know about the State Guard. Of course, that state guard that Florida has, that governor DeSantis is referring to, was actually formed as a reaction to Covid vaccine mandates. Just a few years ago. And we also note this. Florida has been sending members of the National Guard, along with state law enforcement officers, to Texas for several months now, in fact, since last May. So this development and deployment essentially doubles down on those efforts. And we'll see. I'm sure he'll be criticized some more for it, but he's getting a lot of support as well. All right. Thanks so much, Mark. Meanwhile the border security bill negotiated by the Senate has been declared absolutely dead by speaker of the House Mike Johnson. The white House and a bipartisan group of senators have been working on the legislation for weeks and hope to officially unveil something as early as this week. But any deal appears to face an
