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Kevin Stitt: “First thing I did was I said, I want anybody in our prisons…”

Featuring: Kevin Stitt, Republican | Governor of Oklahoma

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Oklahoma GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt on Trump tariffs, clash with White House over National Guard and more

Published | Video Starts at 05:14

Only to Texas and Florida, and we're a much smaller state than them, population wise. We're number three in the country because we work with the feds. First thing I did was I said, I want anybody in our prisons, our jails, our county jails out of our state. I'm out of the taxpayer dimes that have committed crimes that are here illegally. So we work with the feds. So there is a problem when states are refusing to work with them. But the right answer is not maybe the show of force. (05:14–05:25)

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Asserts that Kevin Stitt prioritized removing illegal immigrants who committed crimes from Oklahoma's prisons and jails.

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