Immigration enforcement
What they say
His campaign says he stands 100% with President Trump on immigration: finish the wall, deport criminals and fraudsters, and restore order at the southern border.
“We need to finish the wall, deport the criminals and fraudsters, and restore law and order at our southern border.”
What the record shows ·
In the Florida House he voted for three immigration bills that became law. In 2019 he voted for a ban on sanctuary policies that requires state and local agencies to support federal immigration enforcement; it passed 68-45. In 2022 he voted to require county jails to sign agreements with ICE, 77-42. In 2023 he voted for a law that voids some out-of-state licenses held by unauthorized immigrants and has some hospitals collect patients' immigration status, 83-36.
Limit: These were state laws. A state lawmaker has no vote on the border wall or deportations.