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Ron DeSantis: “When I became governor, they had in-state tuition, we repealed that.”

Featuring: Ron DeSantis, Republican | Governor of Florida

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They're incentivizing you, right? You go, you get benefits, you get treated better in many respects than somebody that's like a middle class person, that's an American citizen. That's the opposite here. When I became governor, they had in-state tuition, we repealed that. No attendance at universities. If you're not here lawfully, we want those to go to Floridians or at least Americans to do making sure that you have employment verification if you, if you want to work in Florida. (22:57–23:02)

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Claims that in-state tuition for illegal immigrants was repealed under his governorship.

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