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BORDER CRISIS: DeSantis Deploys Florida Officers to Texas at request of Gov. Abbott

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is giving his full support to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, whose state is overwhelmed with a growing illegal immigration surge that has been escalating since President Joe Biden took office in January.

DeSantis sent 50 Florida police officers to the state of Texas to help offset the growing need in the state. Texas Department of Public Safety officers have been stretched thin due to the thousands of people pouring across from Mexico into the Rio Grande Valley daily.

I know this because I’ve been watching the tsunami of illegal migrants entering the southern border for months now as I’ve traveled to the border.

On Monday, the number of migrants continued to increase. Tragically, 49 migrants have also lost their lives in Brook County, Texas since the beginning of the year, according to Brook County Sheriff Benny Martinez, who spoke to me on a ranch along the Texas border Monday. The soaring heat, unpredictable weather and criminal activity have led to the deaths.

He said the assistance is absolutely necessary, not only to the increase in migrants but to assist law enforcement with targeting criminals, narco traffickers, human traffickers and interdicting the narcotics.

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Pope Francis calls for universal ban on ‘so-called surrogate motherhood’

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Pope Francis called for a universal ban on surrogacy, likening the practice as an unborn child “turned into an object of trafficking.”

“I consider despicable the practice of so-called surrogate motherhood, which represents a grave violation of the dignity of the woman and the child, based on the exploitation of situations of the mother’s material needs,” Francis said in a speech to the Holy See on Monday.

The “uterus for rent” process, as Francis has called it, was estimated to bring in $14 billion in the U.S. in 2022, and is projected to grow to a $129 billion market by 2032. National Review reports Individual surrogacies can cost anywhere from $60,000 to $200,000 plus in the U.S. Rising infertility rates, an increase in the number of fertility clinics, and “sedentary lifestyles” contribute to surrogacy’s recent popularity, according to Global Market Insights.

“A child is always a gift and never the basis of a commercial contract,” Francis continued. “Consequently, I express my hope for an effort by the international community to prohibit this practice universally.”

Surrogacy is already banned in many European countries. In the United States, commercial surrogacy, or for-profit surrogacy, is legal in some states, and the practice has been used by celebrities who are very public with their decision to use surrogacy.

Altruistic surrogacy, the method by which a woman carries another person’s child for no official compensation, is legal in the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Hong Kong, South Africa, Greece, and Iceland, according to the National Institutes of Health.

The speech was about threats to peace and human dignity. “A child is always a gift and never the basis of a commercial contract,” Francis continued. “Consequently, I express my hope for an effort by the international community to prohibit this practice universally.”

Francis also listed Russia’s war on Ukraine, the Israel-Hamas war, climate change, and increased weapons production as great threats to peace on Monday.

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