‘He feels unstoppable’: DeSantis plans to export his chilling immigration policies to the nation

Florida's new catalog of hardline legislation may not grab headlines but signals demonization of immigrants is a top priority as governor prepares for White House run

A popular political souvenir in Florida currently is a range of merchandise touting the services of a nonexistent travel company named DeSantis Airlines.

T-shirts, drinks glasses and car decals alike bear the motto Bringing the border to you", a mocking commemoration of the time last year when Ron DeSantis, the state's Republican governor, baited a load of mostly Venezuelan asylum seekers on to two chartered planes in Texas with false promises of jobs and housing in Boston, then promptly dumped them in Martha's Vineyard.