Florida governor Ron DeSantis has claimed 70 percent of illegal immigrants crossing into the US are heading to his state, and blasted President Joe Biden's immigration policy.
The governor's comments came after he returned from a trip to the southern border in Texas, where he spoke to some of the 50 Florida law enforcement officials he sent there to assist with the border crisis.
'They've made over 2,000 apprehensions, over 100 felony arrests, and they say that almost 70% of everybody that they have interdicted said their ultimate destination was the state of Florida,' DeSantis said.
'If you think that having a wide-open border, 1,000 miles, however far it was away doesn't affect here, you're wrong.'
The statistics mentioned by DeSantis have not been confirmed.
He has said he sent the Florida agents to Texas in June because the federal government was not doing enough to deal with the border crisis.
'Where the federal government is failing, Texas is having to step up, and Florida and other states are helping', DeSantis said in an appearance on Watters' World on Saturday.
Florida governor Ron DeSantis has claimed 70 percent of illegal immigrants crossing into the US are heading to his state
DeSantis also claims the border crisis would 'turn around very quickly' if President Biden (pictured) reinstated the Trump-era policies he reversed by executive order once taking over office.
He added: 'Most of the people that are Florida folks have admitted their ultimate destination is the state of Florida,' he said. 'So this has huge implications not just for our country as a whole, but states like my own where a lot of these folks are going to end up coming illegally.'
'When they get turned over to the feds, what
