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OPINION

Angel Mom: DeSantis Will Stop the Invasion and Secure Our Border

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The southern border is a complete disaster. Joe Biden has left it 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. And thanks to Biden, border patrol lacks the needed resources, manpower and policy support to do their job effectively.   

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The border wall isn’t close to being finished. Much of the border has no barrier at all. The Mexican drug cartels are trafficking humans and drugs across the border at record levels. Fentanyl is now the leading killer of Americans between the ages of 18 and 50. 

The long-term failure to secure our border has touched millions of Americans in their daily lives; I know this because it has touched my family, in the most severe way.   

My family is an Angel Family. I am an Angel Mother. 

In 2007, my son, Brandon was only three years out of high school and engaged to be married. On his lunch break, he was killed by a twice-deported illegal immigrant. At trial, the man who killed my son was sentenced to only two years in jail, and then deported for a third time.

No family should have to go through what we went through. 

But this catastrophe isn’t just affecting American citizens; it’s also completely inhumane for the migrants themselves.

Through soft policies and softer public statements, the Biden Administration has told potential migrants that the door to the United States is open, so long as they make a dangerous journey in the hands of Mexican drug cartels. Children are being brought across the border in the hands of unrelated adults and gangsters, who sometimes “rent” children from parents to have an easier time crossing.

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This is wrong, and Governor DeSantis will put a stop to it. He will shut down illegal entries and build the wall, once and for all. He won’t make excuses—he’ll just get the job done. That’s what he’s done in Florida.

After Hurricane Ian, Pine Island in Florida was completely cut off from mainland Florida. Governor DeSantis got the repairs done in three days.

Governor DeSantis will end catch-and-release and reimpose Remain in Mexico to stop the flood of phony asylum claims. He will increase Border Patrol pay to recruit more agents make sure that even if illegal immigrants cross, they will be deported.

As for the cartels: he will designate them as Transnational Criminal Organizations, and sanction them, their leaders, and anyone helping them traffic drugs across our border.

He will also change the rules of engagement at the border to allow using force against cartel drug smugglers. Right now, cartel members cut through the border wall with impunity and poison our communities with fentanyl and other drugs; that ends on January 20, 2025.

As an Angel Mom, I’ve been advocating against illegal immigration and for border security for over fifteen years. In that time, I’ve heard plenty of talk from politicians from both parties about securing the border, but they never seem to follow through.

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Seeing Governor DeSantis running for President gives me real hope that change is coming. He has a meaningful plan to secure our border, build the wall, and ultimately stop the invasion. But more than that, he has a record of wielding the power he earns effectively, and keeping his policy promises to the letter.

I lost my child to a twice-deported illegal alien. That shouldn’t happen in America. We need to bring the issue of our southern border to its conclusion. Governor DeSantis is the man to do that, and that’s why I’m supporting him for president.

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