And how could it be that you'd want to have those people released back onto the street? No, that's not the way we roll. So I have no doubt that when you start talking about 21,000 folks [detained] has made our state safer and it's made the country safer as well. Now we've also done probably about 30 some thousand overall in terms of detention and staging where DHS would then pick up for removal from the country. (08:31–08:42)
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Asserts that detaining 21,000 individuals has increased safety in Florida and the U.S.
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