Florida Governor and 2024 GOP presidential candidate Ron DeSantis was in Eagle Pass, Texas on Monday discussing his strategy for securing the Biden Admin’s broken border.
Joe Biden’s dereliction of duty has made our southern border a disaster zone,” DeSantis said, adding “The Biden Administration is the critical link in an illegal transnational human smuggling syndicate.”
DeSantis says his plan, if elected, is to build the wall and hold drug cartels accountable. At one point during his remarks, he addressed fentanyl poisonings and overdoses, promising to throw dealers in jail for life.
“We’re gonna treat you [dealers] like the murderer that you are, and I think that should be true everywhere in this country.”
Watch the clip below:
WATCH: Mother who lost daughter to fentanyl emotionally tells Ron DeSantis many fentanyl deaths are not "overdoses," but "poisonings"
"We're gonna treat you [dealers] like the murderer that you are, and I think that should be true everywhere in this country." pic.twitter.com/MO5A3PEXcI
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“We have to reestablish the rule of law in this country,” DeSantis said at his event. “If the federal government won’t do its job, the states should be permitted to send people back.”
“No excuses on this. Get the job done,” he said on Monday. “It will be a day one priority.”
From Fox News:
Earlier this year, he signed a sweeping anti-illegal immigration bill that mandates the use of E-Verify by employers, ups penalties for human and drug smuggling — and bars local jurisdictions from issuing IDs to illegal immigrants.
He has controversially sent illegal immigrants to Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts, and most recently California as part of a program to relocate illegal immigrants. He recently secured a $24 million boost in funding for that program.
More over at Fox News:
DeSantis unveils border security plan to 'stop the invasion'; blasts Biden and jabs at Trump https://t.co/BDNB9IS2mi
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