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Ron DeSantis: “We've also done probably about 30 some thousand overall in…”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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Published | Video Starts at 08:42

So I have no doubt that when you start talking about 21,000 folks, that is without question has made our state safer and it's made the country safer as well. Now We've also done probably about 30 some thousand overall in terms of detention and staging where DHS would then pick up for removal from the country. Because we also have the Deportation Depot up in Baker County. So that was probably, I think that's almost 10,000 that have gone through there and that's also been very effective as well. (08:42–08:54)

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