DeSantis visits southern border - and seizes immigration issue in GOP race through executive power

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : She then laid out what she would do to address illegal immigration if elected to the White House, including a promise to defund so-called sanctuary cities and institute a national e-verify program to check the immigration status of workers.
59% : At her town hall with CNN on Sunday, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley recounted her recent trip to the southern border, telling the audience, "I went to 400 miles of that border.
55% : He has also sent 400 members of the Florida National Guard to Texas as well as representatives from state law enforcement to help patrol highways and waterways.
52% : Before leaving his event Wednesday in Arizona, DeSantis suggested Florida may partner with like-minded governors and law enforcement agents on future border actions and hinted at more to come.
49% : "As a Republican, I've been hearing about the southern border for probably my entire adult life," DeSantis told a crowd in Greenville, South Carolina, on Friday.
16% : At a roundtable in Sierra Vista surrounded by law enforcement officials, including Cochise County Sheriff Mark Dannels, a persistent critic of President Joe Biden's border stance, DeSantis justified the flights by blaming California's policies for incentivizing the flow of migrants into the US.

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