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Florida Gov DeSantis tangles with reporter over illegal immigration, tells her 'you seem to have no sympathy'

Florida Gov. DeSantis argued with a reporter on Thursday over illegal immigration, telling her “you seem to have no sympathy for people that have been victimized by illegal aliens” after she suggested work being done by ICE is “a little sloppy.”
The fireworks erupted after the Republican spoke about Operation Tidal Wave, a record-breaking joint Florida-ICE operation resulting in the arrests of more than 1,100 illegal immigrants.
“This is wonderful, this dog and pony show, but there are American citizens who are being deported – they show their birth certificates, they show their passports, they show their IDs and a lot of the work being done is a little sloppy,” the reporter, who identified herself as being from Florida station WSVN, told DeSantis.
“Well, first of all, I’ll let ICE handle that accusation that you’re making that they’re deporting American citizens who are showing birth certificates and all that. I don’t believe that that’s true, but I’ll let them respond to that. But you seem to have no sympathy. You seem to have no sympathy for people that have been victimized by illegal aliens,” DeSantis shot back.
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Posters of alleged criminals who officials said were arrested in a recent immigration enforcement operation are displayed as Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a press conference at the South Florida office of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Enforcement and Removal Operations on Thursday, May 1, 2025 in Miramar, Florida. (AP/Rebecca Blackwell)
“What about people — you have someone driving drunk and kills [an] American citizen. What about people that have been deported previously and let in under Biden, who then commit sexual offenses or commit homicides? And then we have more victims as a result of the federal government’s previous inattention and unwillingness to enforce the law. So there are a lot of people that have been harmed by illegal immigration. There have been people that have been harmed by Tren de Aragua gang members who should not be in this country in the first place,” DeSantis continued.
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Florida Gov. DeSantis argued with a reporter Thursday over the topic of illegal immigration.
“So let’s just be clear. Who are you fighting for?” Desantis asked. “We’re fighting for the citizens of Florida. We want them to be able to live in a society that upholds the rule of law. We want them to be able to live in a state that is safe, and we have to take action on it.”

The Department of Homeland Security said Operation Tidal Wave resulted in the arrests of “members of MS-13, murderers, rapists, drug traffickers and human rights abusers”. (ICE)
“I’ll let them address your accusations. But the notion that somehow this is America, therefore we’re supposed to have an open border? We’re not supposed to enforce immigration laws, we’re supposed to just sit on our hands? When Biden let in 7 or 8 million people illegally into the country? No, that is not responsible,” DeSantis concluded. “That is not what our citizens elected us to do. So we’re in this fight. I think a lot of these narratives that I hear, to me, just instinctively, I think they’re fake narratives because I’ve seen it happen so many times.”
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Federal judge orders local law enforcement to stop enforcing new immigration law

A federal judge in Florida said an order that blocks local police from enforcing a new state immigration law applied to all local agencies despite the state’s attorney general stating otherwise in a recent memo.
U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams told attorneys for the state during a hearing in Miami on Tuesday that she planned to issue a preliminary injunction against a statute that makes it a misdemeanor for undocumented migrants to enter Florida by eluding immigration officials.
Williams said she was “surprised and shocked” that Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier told local police in a letter last week that they didn’t need to follow her order.
“What I am offended by is someone suggesting you don’t have to follow my order, that it’s not legitimate,” Williams said.
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Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier during a press conference on April 14. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
Earlier this month, Williams issued a temporary restraining order against the statute. Gov. Ron DeSantis signed the legislation into law in February as part of President Donald Trump’s push to crack down on illegal immigration.

A task force comprised of local and federal law enforcement agencies search a suspected illegal migrant’s vehicle in St. Johns County, Florida, on Feb. 24, following a traffic stop. (Stephanie Keith for Fox News Digital)
Williams extended the order another 11 days after learning authorities had arrested 15 people, including a U.S. citizen born in Georgia.
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After the extension, Uthmeier sent a memo to state and local law enforcement officers telling them to stop enforcing the law, even though he disagreed with the judge’s order.
Five days later, however, Uthmeier sent another memo saying that the judge was legally wrong and that he couldn’t prevent local police officers and deputies from enforcing the law.
No additional arrests have been reported since Uthmeier’s second memo.
Fox News Digital’s Julia Bonavita and The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Kamala Harris plans to take on Trump in first major speech since leaving office — but it'll cost you to watch

Former Vice President Kamala Harris will deliver her first major remarks since leaving the White House at the Emerge gala Wednesday in San Francisco — but those who want to virtually stream her speech will have to pay a fee.
Emerge, a training organization that seeks to prepare Democratic women to run for office, is charging $25 for viewers to gain access to the virtual livestream of the organization’s 20th anniversary gala. Other package options include a $100 fee for young professionals and a $250 general admission ticket.
A spokesperson for Harris confirmed she would deliver remarks at the Emerge gala and deferred to Emerge when asked about the price of the streaming fee. A spokesperson for Emerge did not immediately respond to a request for comment from Fox News Digital.
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A source close to Vice President Kamala Harris recently told Fox News that the former presidential candidate is considering a run for California governor. (Carolyn Kaster/The Associated Press)
Harris is expected to issue a harsh rebuke of President Donald Trump in her keynote address and will specifically encourage Americans to resist Trump’s economic agenda, Politico reports.
Other speakers at the gala include Democrat U.S. Rep. Abigail Spanberger of Virginia, Michigan state Sen. Mallory McMorrow and New Mexico state Sen. Cindy Nava.
Likewise, Deb Haaland, who served as former President Joe Biden’s Interior secretary, will speak at the event. Haaland also previously served as a U.S. representative for New Mexico before heading up Interior.
Meanwhile, Harris is eyeing the race for California governor in 2026 and is expected to make a final call on a potential run by the end of this summer, Politico reports.
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Runaway kangaroo shuts down Alabama interstate highway

A runaway kangaroo forced the closure of an Alabama interstate highway in a bizarre incident captured on video.
Footage showed the animal hopping along Interstate 85 in Macon County on Tuesday, between Montgomery and Auburn, before it was captured by state troopers and its owner.
The Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said the marsupial had been involved in a two-vehicle crash.
“Eventually both the southbound and northbound lanes of Interstate 85 near the 46-mile marker were closed while Troopers with the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency’s Highway Patrol Division along with the animal’s owner conducted a recovery of the kangaroo,” it said in a statement. “The animal has now been recovered, and the roadway is back open. The kangaroo was not injured in the crash.”
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A runaway kangaroo moves down a stretch of interstate in Tuskegee, Ala., on Tuesday, April 29. (Austin Andrew Price via AP)
The kangaroo, named Shiela, was tranquilized with a dart.
The animal’s owner, Patrick Starr, told The Associated Press that Sheila escaped from her enclosure.
“She’s back home safe. She’s up. She’s not sedated anymore. She’s eating. She’s drinking. She’s not injured,” Starr said.
The kangaroo was treated by the Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine, he said.
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The kangaroo was eventually caught Tuesday in Alabama. (Austin Andrew Price via AP)
Starr’s family runs a pumpkin patch and petting zoo, but Sheila is just a personal pet, he added.
Austin Price, who took the video of the kangaroo hopping down the interstate, told the AP he had to briefly question if he was seeing things.
“I hear my grandmother yell, ‘Is that a kangaroo?’ ” Price said.

The kangaroo was involved in a vehicle crash, but it was not injured, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said. (Austin Andrew Price via AP)
He added that he assumed it was probably a deer until he looked. “And yeah, it’s a kangaroo.”
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
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