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Ron DeSantis: “My first year as governor, we banned sanctuary cities.”

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Ron DeSantis Threatens To 'Remove' State Mayors From Office If They Refuse To Cooperate With ICE

Published | Video Starts at 00:03

You look at the promises on combating illegal immigration. My first year as governor, we banned sanctuary cities. A lot of people said, oh, you can't do that. The Hispanics won't vote for you. What ended up happening was I got the biggest share of vote for Hispanics in the history of the state of Florida, over 60% in my reelection. (00:03–00:07)

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Asserts that sanctuary cities were banned in Florida during his first year as governor.

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