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Ron DeSantis: “They said this is reimbursable. So I still hear people…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Governor DeSantis Announces 'Floridians First' Budget in Orlando

Published | Video Starts at 58:57

Just they needed a place to process detain before they could do removal because there's a bureaucracy involved. Right. I mean it just, it is what it is. So. But yeah, They said this is reimbursable. So I still hear people saying, oh, Floridians, you know this one. Like, they're reimbursing everything we're doing. Right? So what we're doing is saving Floridians tax money for sure, because all the operations are reimbursed. So we're even steven on that. But illegal immigration costs taxpayers. (58:57–59:06)

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Asserts that DHS reimburses Florida for immigration-related expenses.

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