DeSantis: Immigrants Are Taking Jobs Meant For Teens

Florida Politics reports:

Florida’s Governor says jobs for immigrants come at the expense of gainful employment for native born youth. “What’s wrong with expecting our young people to be working part time now? That’s how it used to be when I was growing up,” Gov. Ron DeSantis said during a discussion at New College.

“Why do we say we need to import foreigners, even import an illegal, when, you know, teenagers used to work at these resorts? College students should be (doing) all this stuff. It’s like you go $30, $40,000 in debt to just take loans, you’re not expected to work at all. So I think the priorities have been jumbled.”

The Governor didn’t clarify what jobs beyond resort work that he wanted Florida youth to do.

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Florida Governor Ron DeSantis:

“What’s wrong with expecting, like, our young people to be working part-time now?”

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