Questions Arise About Media Claims Of Florida Gov. DeSantis’ Illegal Immigration “Problem”

The liberal media seeks to make political hay out of a new report that suggests Florida Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis is somehow soft on illegal immigration.

That would be the same Ron DeSantis who rerouted illegal immigrants to left-wing “sanctuary cities,” deployed National Guard troops and law enforcement officials to Texas to help Gov. Greg Abbott get a handle on the border crisis, and enacted one of the toughest E-verify requirements in the country for employers, among other steps.

Yes, DeSantis is so soft on this issue that just two months ago, after the tough E-verify law kicked in, the Associated Press lamented that for illegal immigrants in Florida, “daily life in recent months has become one governed entirely by fear.” These immigrants “found that daily routines have been upended for fear of being detained, separated from their families, and deported.”

Nonetheless, Newsweek last week picked up on a new Pew Research Center study that found “Florida was one of only two states that saw increases in their unauthorized immigrant populations between 2017 and 2021,” which was when former President Donald Trump was in the White House.