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Ron DeSantis: “DHS did not have resources. The funding they got last summer…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 29:27

I mean we have going what we need and so it will happen in due time. So on the second part, I would say that possibility would be negligible. This was an emergency situation. DHS did not have resources. The funding they got last summer had not passed yet. and they were in a situation where they could not keep these people. They didn't know what to do with them. They didn't have the space. (29:27–29:33)

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Asserts that the Department of Homeland Security lacked resources and funding had not passed last summer.

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