DeSantis warns migrants bused from Texas to DC: ‘Do not come to Florida. Life will not be easy for you’

EXCLUSIVE: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is warning migrants to not come to his state after a bus stuffed with migrants from Texas who had been dropped off on the U.S. Capitol mentioned they plan to move to Miami.

A bus stuffed with 23 migrants from Texas unloaded on the foot of the U.S. Capitol Wednesday morning, as a part of Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s new plan to counter federal immigration insurance policies throughout an ongoing border disaster.

The migrants informed Fox Information that they’re planning to move all the way down to Miami, Florida, probably by prepare. The bus journey performed by the Texas Division of Emergency Administration (TDEM) concluded in D.C. and isn’t persevering with on to Florida, so migrants must discover their very own method all the way down to the southern state. 

Nonetheless, DeSantis is taking subject with the truth that the migrants are planning to move to the Sunshine State, along with his government workplace issuing a transparent message: “Don’t come.”

FIRST TEXAS BUS DROPS OFF MIGRANTS BLOCKS FROM US CAPITOL IN WASHINGTON, DC

“To those that have entered the nation illegally, honest warning: don’t come to Florida. Life is not going to be simple for you, as a result of we’re obligated to uphold the immigration legal guidelines of this nation, even when our federal authorities and different states gained’t,” the Govt Workplace of the Governor of Florida completely informed Fox Information Digital in an announcement.

“Florida just isn’t a sanctuary state, and our social applications are designed to serve the residents of our state. The governor will defend the sovereignty of the state of Florida,” the assertion continued.

The governor’s workplace additionally blamed the Biden administration for placing migrant’s bodily well being in danger by encouraging them to “make harmful treks” and placing their lives within the palms of human smugglers.

“In case you have come right here illegally, you will have been achieved an ideal disservice by the Biden Administration. They’ve inspired you to make harmful treks, oftentimes at nice bodily misery to you and your loved ones. Typically, this has even meant placing your destiny into the palms of harmful coyotes and human traffickers.”

A bunch of migrants had been bused from Texas to Washington, D.C., the place they had been dropped off blocks from the U.S. Capitol, Wednesday, April 13, 2022.
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“There’s a authorized course of to acquire full American citizenship, which is a vital a part of the promise of America. In Florida, we’ll uphold the regulation,” the assertion concluded.

The migrant bus pulled up at roughly 8 a.m. native time on Wednesday, simply blocks away from the U.S. Capitol constructing. Fox Information has discovered that they got here from the Del Rio sector in Texas, after coming to the U.S. from Colombia, Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela.

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Upon the bus’s arrival in Washington, D.C., people disembarked one after the other apart from household items who exited collectively. They checked in with officers and had wristbands they had been sporting reduce off earlier than being informed they might go. The group included 19 males and 4 females, together with three babies. 

Reps. Katko and Comer had been a part of a congressional delegation this week to the southern border with Mexico.
(Home Oversight Committee Republicans)

TDEM mentioned it dispatched buses over the weekend to frame communities the place it coordinated with officers to establish these immigrants. The company added that every bus has the capability and provides mandatory to hold as much as 40 migrants launched in Texas communities and transport them to Washington, D.C. 

“Because the federal authorities continues to show a blind eye to the border disaster, the State of Texas will stay steadfast in our efforts to fill within the gaps and hold Texans secure,” Abbott mentioned in a press launch Wednesday.

White Home press secretary Jen Psaki informed Fox Information’ Jacqui Heinrich Wednesday that the entire migrants are in immigration proceedings and it is “good” that Texas helps them get to their closing locations.

“These are all migrants who’ve been processed by CBP and are free to journey. So it is good the state of Texas helps them get to their closing vacation spot as they await and their end result of their immigration proceedings. And so they’re all in immigration proceedings.”

“By busing migrants to Washington, D.C., the Biden Administration will have the ability to extra instantly meet the wants of the individuals they’re permitting to cross our border,” Abbott mentioned Wednesday. “Texas mustn’t must bear the burden of the Biden Administration’s failure to safe our border.”

Abbott’s workplace confirmed to Fox Information Digital {that a} second migrant bus is at present on the best way to D.C.

Fox Information’ Lucas Tomlinson and Ronn Blitzer contributed to this report.