Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has never taken any prisoners, and today’s press conference was no exception.
One reporter from Jacksonville came to DeSantis’s press conference on Friday to ask about how Florida’s industries may suffer as a result of Donald Trump’s policy of carrying out mass deportations.
However, he soon came up against DeSantis after referring to illegal aliens as “undocumented immigrants,” which is a phrase coined by Democrats and left-wing activists to make it appear like they have not committed a crime by entering the country without the necessary permissions.
DeSantis immediately pointed out that not only is “undocumented” the incorrect term with regard to federal law but that these individuals are not just lacking documents but have actively broken the law.
Here is a transcript of the exchange:
REPORTER: Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of undocumented immigrants who are working in areas of…
DESANTIS: Well, you know, just to be—so the federal government has made clear that the statutory term—it’s not undoc—they’re illegal aliens. That’s the statutory term.
That’s what it is. And I think it’s to try to water down. I mean, like, undocumented, it’s like if I get in my car and I forget my wallet, OK, I don’t have my document on me like my driver’s license.
But, I mean, I still have a right to drive. I just may have made a mistake. This is intentional to come in illegally. It’s not just a question of missing a document.
It’s a question of, you know, you violated the law that were very clear and knowingly and with the help of the cartels in many cases.
REPORTER: I’ll rephrase that. So, Florida is home to hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants who are—illegal aliens, if you want to call it, who are working in areas of agriculture, farming, construction, hospitality.
I’m just wondering, once we start to see, you know, the significant roundups of these people, is there a plan in place to help those industries, to prevent those industries from experiencing true hardship, financial hardship?
DESANTIS: So, here’s what I’d say. They made the same arguments on 23 when we did our immigration. Kyan wrote, we did e-verify. When you now—any of those industries, when they hire new people, they’ve got to verify their immigration status. Otherwise, they can’t work. And people said, you are not going to be able—
BRILLIANT — DESANTIS SETS REPORTER STRAIGHT ON ILLEGALS.
How can you not love this. The vocabulary is changing, and quickly.pic.twitter.com/b7hE6oE07r
— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) January 24, 2025
As you can see from the exchange, the reporter folded like a cheap suit and reverted to using “illegal alien” instead.
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