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Ron DeSantis: “We did major legislation in Florida, some of which the court…”

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You know, we were under four years of Biden. He opened the border. We were trying to fight back. I sent some of our folks to Texas to help fortify the border. We did major legislation in Florida, some of which the court said, well, you can't do that. That's a federal function. As we're saying, if you come to the state illegally, that's a crime. And we wanted to be able to hold. (37:54–38:02)

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Asserts that Florida passed significant legislation related to immigration, some of which was challenged in court.

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