PUNTA GORDA, Fla.—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Feb. 7 met with faith leaders and Cuban Americans to discuss the situation on the U.S.-Mexico border. DeSantis said that “failed border policies” are “endangering migrant children” and the nation as a whole by promoting human trafficking, which has risen 35 percent year-over-year in fiscal year 2021, according to the Department of Homeland Security. Drug cartels are living in the “golden age” since Biden became president, DeSantis said. “Border patrol agents seized 1,000 pounds of fentanyl, which is enough to kill 226 million people, or 70 percent of the U.S population,” he said. “Most of the ‘children’ who are coming into the country are males between the ages of 15 and 17.” DeSantis said the administration is trying to compare what is happening on the southern border to Operation Pedro Pan, when unaccompanied minors were flown from Cuba to the United States …
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