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According to an article published in the media The New Heraldalong with Overseas Hihgway, the governor of Florida built a fortress waiting for a wave of immigrants that has not arrived.
There are various pilots and captains there who for more than a year have moved from a small network of tows through the Florida Keys in search of Cuban and Haitian immigrants.
But the makeshift camp on Plantation Key, estimated to have cost about $20,000,000, It has not had the impact that was expected.
However, information from the Customs and Border Protection Service (CBP) shows that, although dozens of vessels were indeed detected in the area at the beginning of 2023, By the time the governor made his announcement, the problem was already under control.
In fact, so far in 2024, there have been an average of only 126 encounters with immigrants per month in the Miami sector. But DeSantis has stated that this is thanks precisely to the efforts they have made in the area.
Ron DeSantis has started a fight against illegal immigration.
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Ron DeSantis accused of creating an anti-immigrant barrier for his own benefit
According to current figures, the barrier that Ron DeSantis created on the coasts of Florida has not served what it was proposed for, which has raised doubts regarding the true reason why it was installed.
The New Herald states that the project was led by a disaster management contractor who has political connections to DeSantis. In fact, there is talk that his administration reached an agreement without carrying out a bidding process. Despite this, the company began installing trailers, showers, bathrooms and a dining room for state agents who would be assigned to surveillance in the area.
The same company, they claim, has been involved in other deals with the government. For example, In 2022 it was contracted to build an improvised wall along the Arizona-Mexico border with shipping containers and industrial fences.
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