White House criticizes Governor DeSantis’ response to increasing arrival of rafters

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ decision to Activate the National Guard Before the arrival of hundreds of Cuban and Haitian rafters, he received criticism this Wednesday from the White House, which accused the Republican of not seeking a genuine solution to the crisis.

“We have denounced it time and time again, and we will continue to do so. He is not trying to fix the problem, he is really creating a problem,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre said in exchange with reporters.

The Executive’s remarks appear after Executive Order 23-03 on Emergency Management – ​​Illegal Migration, signed last friday by Governor DeSantis, who seeks to allocate resources to state agencies in the face of “the alarming influx of migrants” arriving in Florida waters.

“As the negative impacts of Biden’s lawless immigration policies continue unabated, the burden of his administration’s failure falls on local law enforcement who lack the resources to deal with the crisis,” the governor said in a statement. a statement press.

For his part, Jean-Pierre described the governor’s actions as mere “political maneuvers.” “We have seen Governor DeSantis carry out political maneuvers as he perceives the solution to this problem from Florida. We are talking about people who come from countries that are dealing with political crises, people who are trying to apply for asylum, and he treats them like pawns,” he noted.

President Joe Biden made the immigration issue one of his campaign flags on his way to the White House and upon taking office in January 2020 put Vice President Kamal Harris at the forefront of migration management.

The influx of thousands of immigrants across the southern border, and lately in fragile boats through things in Florida -mainly from Cuba and Haiti- has directed the criticism of Republicans towards Biden’s management, accusing him of maintaining a policy of ” open borders”.

Since the weekend, more than 460 Cuban rafters they were returned to the island by the US Coast Guard, thus confirming the warnings from the authorities not to make the dangerous journey.

“That people do not throw themselves into the sea in these feats to enter illegally because the same way, if the Coast Guard intercepts them, they will be rescued and repatriated,” he said. in conversation with the voice of america Hansel Pintos, who serves as a spokesman for the US Coast Guard.

[Los periodistas de la Voz de América, Yeny García y Luis Felipe Rojas, desde Miami, contribuyeron a este reporte]

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