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Ron DeSantis: “Illegal immigration costs taxpayers. It costs taxpayers with…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Announces 'Floridians First' Budget in Orlando

Published | Video Starts at 59:14

Like, they're reimbursing everything we're doing. Right? So what we're doing is saving Floridians tax money for sure, because all the operations are reimbursed. So we're even steven on that. But Illegal immigration costs taxpayers. It costs taxpayers with medical. It costs taxpayers with education, it costs taxpayers. When we have car accidents, I mean, you get hit by an illegal alien, do you think you're going to get an insurance payment from them if they're at fault? (59:14–59:24)

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Asserts that illegal immigration imposes financial burdens on taxpayers in medical and educational sectors.

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