It doesn't affect anyone else. That is the furthest thing from the truth. That open southern border affected the entire country. And I think everybody saw that in pretty short order. So We were the first state to launch in to help Texas back in 2021 with what was happening at the southern border. And so our Operation Lone Star deployed more than a thousand guardsmen, national and state, as well as state law enforcement, including Florida Highway Patrol, to Texas to help stop what was happening at the southern border. (01:12–01:20)
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