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Jay Collins: “The Trump act as it was originally written... functionally…”

Featuring: Jay Collins, Lieutenant Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Podcast Ep 5

Published | Video Starts at 17:56

You know, everything got a little wonky and we had to come back again and do this. But when you looked at the bill that came out, The Trump act as it was originally written... functionally tells you we're going to catch illegal immigrants, we're going to release them on their own recognizance. just stop and think about what you're saying you're going to catch and release. Well, that's a real problem. We're not taking Florida back 10 years. We're not going to do that. (17:56–18:10)

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Asserts that the original Trump act included a catch-and-release policy for illegal immigrants.

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