Gov. DeSantis awards millions for infrastructure upgrades to Fort Meade

POLK COUNTY, Fla. – Gov. Ron DeSantis is held a news conference in Polk County Tuesday afternoon.

The governor was at the Polk County Historic Center, where he awarded a $6.1 million grant to Fort Meade for the wastewater system. The city says the infrastructure the money will go toward shoring up is 100 years old.

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DeSantis was joined by Department of Economic Opportunity Secretary Dane Eagle, who said they would look at finding a way to help farmers and citrus growers in the area as part of disaster recovery.

This comes after DeSantis held a roundtable discussion on immigration in Miami, saying most of the “unaccompanied alien children” crossing the border are “what would be considered in most parts of the world military-aged males” —15 to 17 years old.

DeSantis said he is working with the Florida legislature to implement laws to deter federal government contractors from “dumping people illegally” in Florida.