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Ron DeSantis: “The only for sure basis to do an immigration arrest is if…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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LIVE: Gov. DeSantis announces illegal immigration enforcement milestone at Deportation Depot

Published | Video Starts at 1:04:48

I think that, I think that there's definitely a lot of capacity for some of these states to do more, certainly in some like minded states. And so we'll just have to see what they're able to do. So. Right. So The only for sure basis to do an immigration arrest is if the person does not have a right to be here. Right. I mean that's the threshold question. You know, if you have a criminal record but you're a U.S. citizen, you're not a part of immigration. Right? So that's the threshold. (1:04:48–1:04:57)

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Asserts that immigration arrests are based on the lack of legal right to be in the U.S.

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