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(NewsNation) — The United States' alleged "third border" is successful the spotlight Thursday arsenic 2 apical Trump medication officials caput to Florida to sermon migration mitigation efforts.
Revved-up borderline security and increased deportations person been a mainstay of President Donald Trump's 2nd administration, with borderline czar Tom Homan and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem astatine the helm of the efforts.
Both are slated to talk successful the Sunshine State connected Thursday astir the national government's practice with authorities and section instrumentality enforcement to transportation retired Trump's policies.
Tom Homan, Ron DeSantis sermon immigration
Homan, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and erstwhile acting Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf are slated to talk astatine 10 a.m. ET successful Sarasota, Florida.
Their conversations volition apt beryllium focused connected Trump's mass deportation efforts and state-level engagement successful removal efforts, which DeSantis has openly supported.
In precocious February, DeSantis upped the stakes for crimes by immigrants who are successful the U.S. illegally, portion of his program to deter migrants from entering the state.
The gathering comes arsenic the Trump medication doubles down connected its attempts to fly alleged pack members retired of the state contempt a judge's impermanent block connected the removals.
“We’ll fto DOJ and the courts combat this out, and we’ll spot wherever we spell from there,” Homan said connected "CUOMO" connected Wednesday. “We’re going to support targeting the worst of the worst.”
Kristi Noem meets with US Coast Guard
In South Florida, Noem is scheduled to enactment successful an offload of much than 45,000 pounds of drugs with the U.S. Coast Guard.
The 10:30 a.m. ET lawsuit volition absorption connected the maritime agency's crackdown connected smuggling successful the Sunshine State.
Since January, the Coast Guard said it has tripled its forces operating connected the confederate borderline successful effect to Trump's national emergency declaration.
NewsNation got an exclusive look astatine their work from the sky a fewer weeks ago, riding on with Coast Guard pilots who way migrants through the Caribbean. The formation lasted six hours — starting successful Miami and going implicit respective islands.
NewsNation's Jordan Perkins and Anna Kutz contributed to this report.
