Well, Delaware's a Little Close . . .

. . . But maybe we could build a wall. Karen Townsend at Town Hall, DeSantis has a plan for "unauthorized aliens": Bus them to Delaware or Martha's Vineyard

Governor Ron DeSantis wants $8M to fund a new program that will allow Florida to contract with private companies to transport “unauthorized aliens” out of Florida. He spoke about the plan in broad terms on Friday. This is the latest move in a continuing battle with the Biden administration over relocating illegal migrants away from the southern border.

During the summer months, DeSantis sent Florida law enforcement officers and equipment to Texas, in response to Governor Abbott’s request for help from other states in managing the flood of migrants crossing the southern border. At the end of November, Florida taxpayers had spent at least $1.6 million on that mission.

The seven-week trip, led by three state agencies, was cast by the Republican governor as a needed measure to beef up security at the border amid the failures of President Joe Biden’s administration, while critics saw the effort as a state-funded political errand used to further DeSantis’ national footprint ahead of a potential 2024 White House bid.

The Miami Herald reported earlier in November that the trip had cost taxpayers $570,988, but additional records released to the First Amendment Foundation and obtained by the Miami Herald show the actual cost was at least $1.6 million, a number that is still expected to grow.

Governor DeSantis already issued an executive order enlisting Florida’s law enforcement agencies to collect information on illegal immigrants relocated to Florida by the federal government. He has also filed a lawsuit against the federal government. This program is his latest move in trying to hold the Biden administration accountable for its lack of seriousness on security at the southern border. DeSantis says, maybe with tongue in cheek, that if Florida bussed illegal migrants to places like Delaware or Martha’s Vineyard, the southern border would be closed the next day.

The proposed program, which the governor wants to pay for with interest accrued from federal funds, and a “series” of incoming legislative bills that he says will fight “back against the Biden border crisis” are the latest battle lines drawn by a governor who appears to be drumming up a potential challenge against President Joe Biden in 2024.

“One of the priorities that we’ve been working on for many months now and we’ll continue to work with the Legislature when they get back is dealing with the fallout from the reckless border policies of the Biden administration,” DeSantis said at a news conference in Jacksonville on Friday.

DeSantis has said that Florida should be able to use buses to transport migrants to other parts of the country, like Delaware, a state Biden calls home.

“It’s somewhat tongue in cheek, but it is true,” DeSantis said Friday. “If you sent them to Delaware or Martha’s Vineyard or some of these places, that border would be secure the next day.” Martha’s Vineyard is an island south of Cape Cod, Massachusetts.

DeSantis didn’t offer much in the way of details for a new program. The program would have to be voted on in the Florida Legislature before it could be funded and put in place. The U.S. Treasury Department doesn’t have to approve such spending but a Treasury spokesperson said,” Treasury monitors expenses and expects governments to repay misused funds if they violate the terms of the Interim Final Rule, which dictates the purpose of the federal funds that are being proposed in the budget.”

So don't use Federal funds, just take it out of the welfare money they would be paying to the illegal aliens.

It's interesting, when the border crisis started heating up, Corwin suggested bussing them to Delaware. Incidentally, the cost of said bus ticket is less than $150.