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Ron DeSantis: “That's not what the actual law says [regarding TPS].”

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And yet it's turned into, once you get tps, that's just indefinite. It's kind of an end run around the normal immigration system. And first of all, I don't think that's good policy. Second of all, That's not what the actual law says [regarding TPS]. But third of all, if you have something that's temporary, president can grant temporary status and then you're saying the president can't stop the temporary, put a date on it to make sure it's temporary. (41:25–41:28)

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Asserts that the indefinite nature of TPS is not supported by the actual law.

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