AMERICAN NEWS - Jun 29, 2022 3:51 PM EST
The Florida Supreme Court ruled on Wednesday that it would grant Gov. Ron DeSantis his request for a grand jury to probe human trafficking and sanctuary cities that aid and abet coyotes.
DeSantis requested that a grand jury be set up to examine trafficking networks in the state.
He filed a petition with the Supreme Court last week, announcing the petition at a news conference in Pensacola, Florida. He also signed a bill that would require county jails to assist the feds with immigration enforcement "and prohibit state and local governments from doing business with contractors who bring into Florida people who are in the U.S. illegally," AP reports.
“We aren’t a border state. People are wondering, ‘Why are you doing this?,'” DeSantis said. “People will say, ‘Let Texas or Arizona worry about that.’ Let me tell you, people trying to come in illegally are trying to get to Florida.”
The newly-approved jury will investigate parents who use professional smugglers to bring their unaccompanied children to live with them within Florida.
Florida banned sanctuary cities in 2019, but a federal judge blocked them from enforcing it. The governor has also made clear calls to illegal immigrants to not come to the state, saying that Florida is "not a sanctuary state."
"To those who have entered the country illegally, fair warning: do not come to Florida."
"Life will not be easy for you, because we are obligated to uphold the immigration laws of this country, even if our federal government and other states won’t," he said.
"Florida is not a sanctuary state, and our social programs are designed to serve the citizens of our state. The governor will protect the sovereignty of the state of Florida."
"If you have come here illegally, you have been done a great disservice by the Biden administration," DeSantis said in April.
BREAKING: Florida Supreme Court grants Gov. Ron DeSantis’ request for a grand jury to probe human trafficking and sanctuary cities that aid and abet the coyotes pic.twitter.com/16CBRIMpUs
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