(Win McNamee/Pool Photo via AP ... enforcement at a U.S. Customs and Border Protection hangar on Homestead Air Force Base, Wednesday, Feb. 26, 2025, in Homestead, Fla. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell ...

A ranking Democrat confirmed the proposal to the Miami Herald following a meeting with a top military official.

While there, DeSantis met with Department of Homeland Security Senior Counselor Keith Pearson and Florida sheriffs. They said this was to discuss security of the maritime border.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis holds a press conference at the Homestead Air Force Base alongside Department of Homeland Security Senior Counselor Keith Pearson in Homestead, Florida on Wednesday ...

Gabriel Stone, 14, died July 22, after a more than 3,000-pound partition wall in the bathhouse collapsed, killing him and injuring his older sibling and two friends, who were all at Robins Air Force ...