After the White House stopped the progress on building the border wall implemented by President Donald J. Trump, Texas Governor Greg Abbott announced the Lone Star State would continue with the completion.

Texas and Arizona have been calling for Joe Biden and Kamala Harris to help deal with the migration crisis at the U.S.-Mexico border to no avail.

The Biden administration has basically ignored the crisis, so Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced his state will help Texas and Arizona.

“The Biden Administration ended policies implemented by President Trump that were curbing illegal immigration, securing our border, and keeping Americans safe,” DeSantis told a group of state and local law enforcement agencies today. “Governors Abbott and Ducey recently sent out a call for help to every state in the nation, needing additional law enforcement manpower and other resources to aid with border security.”

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“America’s border security crisis impacts every state and every American,” DeSantis said.“I’m proud to announce today that the state of Florida is answering the call. Florida has your back.”

Gov. Abbott announced the news of continuing the building the wall while discussing other border initiatives, including a $1 billion allocation for border security in the state’s legislatures passed and a plan to establish a Governor’s Task Force on Border and Homeland Security with public safety and state government officials.

Last week, Texas and Arizona called for help to secure the southern border. I’m proud to announce that Florida is stepping up to help the effort and to protect our residents from the harms caused by open borders. https://t.co/mD7EmYduK6

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) June 16, 2021

“It will help all of us to work on ways to stem the flow of unlawful immigration and to stem the flow of illegal contraband,” Abbott said, while seated next to officials from the National Guard, Texas Department of Public Safety, and Texas Division of Emergency Management.

Abbott also announced plans to increase arrests along the border and expand space inside local jails.

“They don’t want to come across the state of Texas anymore because it’s not what they were expecting,” Abbott said to applause. “It’s not the red carpet that the federal administration rolled out to them.”

“The border crisis is no laughing matter,” Abbott said. “This is something that also is not a tourism site for members of Congress to make an annual pilgrimage to and see the border, and then go back and do absolutely nothing at the federal government level to solve the crisis.”

“If that border was under control, we would have less meth pouring into Florida communities and particularly in the northern part of the state,” DeSantis said.

Florida’s Attorney, General Ashley Moody, said she is “dedicated to ending human trafficking, protecting our children from sexual predators, and fighting the opioid crisis now claiming 21 lives a day in our state, but President Biden is hurting, not helping us achieve these vital public safety goals.”

“The crisis the President created at our southern border makes all of us less safe, and I am proud to stand with Governor DeSantis as he tries to fix the President’s disaster at the border to protect Floridians,” Moody added.

We have a crisis at our border – a crisis created by bad policies. With the federal government unable to get the job done, Texas and Arizona have asked for help to secure our border and Florida is answering the call.https://t.co/52iWf06crA pic.twitter.com/pxOJ6r6dq4

— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) June 16, 2021