Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Iowa audiences this weekend that he would get Mexico to pay for building a wall on the southern border, jabbing at former President Donald Trump failing to keep his campaign promises.
"With me, everything I tell you I’m going to do, write it down," DeSantis said Sunday at an event in a Cedar Rapids church. "I’m going to follow through."
Actually, DeSantis' border wall pitch would rely on immigrants living in the U.S., rather than the Mexican government. He proposed additional fees on the money immigrants send back to their communities in Mexico, Central America and South America — known as "remittances."
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Katie Akin
Des Moines Register
MARION, Ia. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Iowa audiences this weekend that he would get Mexico to pay for building a wall on the southern border, jabbing at former President Donald Trump failing to keep his campaign promises.
"With me, everything I tell you I’m going to do, write it down," DeSantis said Sunday at an event in a Cedar Rapids church. "I’m going to follow through."
Actually, DeSantis' border wall pitch would rely on immigrants living in the U.S., rather than the Mexican government. He proposed additional fees on the money immigrants send back to their communities in Mexico, Central America and South America — known as "remittances."
"It’s billions of dollars you’ll raise, and we’re going to pile that right into building the border wall," DeSantis said. "So not only am I going to keep my promises, I’m going to keep other people’s promises, too.”
The crowd, standing in a dense circle around DeSantis' stage in the center of the room, laughed and applauded.
DeSantis has taken a hard-right stance on immigration on the campaign trail, pledging to use military force at the U.S.-Mexico border and to authorize lethal force against cartel members trying to enter the country.
A Des Moines Register analysis of the Republican presidential hopefuls found that candidates have escalated their rhetoric on the issue, tapping into Republican frustrations about the border.
"With me, everything I tell you I’m going to do, write it down," DeSantis said Sunday at an event in a Cedar Rapids church. "I’m going to follow through."
Actually, DeSantis' border wall pitch would rely on immigrants living in the U.S., rather than the Mexican government. He proposed additional fees on the money immigrants send back to their communities in Mexico, Central America and South America — known as "remittances."
IOWA CAUCUSES
In Iowa, Ron DeSantis says that, unlike Trump, he'll get Mexico to pay for the border wall
Katie AkinDes Moines Register
MARION, Ia. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis told Iowa audiences this weekend that he would get Mexico to pay for building a wall on the southern border, jabbing at former President Donald Trump failing to keep his campaign promises.
"With me, everything I tell you I’m going to do, write it down," DeSantis said Sunday at an event in a Cedar Rapids church. "I’m going to follow through."
Actually, DeSantis' border wall pitch would rely on immigrants living in the U.S., rather than the Mexican government. He proposed additional fees on the money immigrants send back to their communities in Mexico, Central America and South America — known as "remittances."
"It’s billions of dollars you’ll raise, and we’re going to pile that right into building the border wall," DeSantis said. "So not only am I going to keep my promises, I’m going to keep other people’s promises, too.”
The crowd, standing in a dense circle around DeSantis' stage in the center of the room, laughed and applauded.
DeSantis has taken a hard-right stance on immigration on the campaign trail, pledging to use military force at the U.S.-Mexico border and to authorize lethal force against cartel members trying to enter the country.
In Iowa, Ron DeSantis says that, unlike Trump, he'll get Mexico to pay for the border wall
Ron DeSantis says he would charge fees to the money immigrants send back to their home countries, known as remittances, to pay for a border wall.
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