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Ron DeSantis: “The President has the constitutional authority to make it…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Full News Conference: Gov. DeSantis announces closure of Alligator Alcatraz

Published | Video Starts at 37:04

I, I can't hear you, sir. The TPS decision that the US Supreme Court just 6:3 about, they can allow. So The President has the constitutional authority to make it [TPS] temporary and not permanent. That's the right call. You know, I've been doing this since 1984. TPS has never been temporary. That's why the whole statute exists. (37:04–37:10)

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Asserts that the President can constitutionally make Temporary Protected Status temporary.

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