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Ron DeSantis: “They actually passed a bill that stripped entirely the…”

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Ron DeSantis Endorses Byron Donalds For Florida Governor At FL GOP Leadership Forum

Published | Video Starts at 29:51

The House of Representatives in Florida had a different idea. They rejected initially my call to mandate cooperation with DHS from all state and local law enforcement agencies. And They actually passed a bill that stripped entirely the governor's ability to enforce immigration law at all or to help the federal government at all. And it would have effectively made us a sanctuary state. And I think that that was led by the speaker of the House, but a lot of people in the legislature went along with it. (29:51–30:01)

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Asserts that a bill was passed that would have removed the governor's power to enforce immigration law.

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