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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Via AP news wire

DeSantis wants panel to probe trafficking, sanctuary cities

Copyright 2022 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Friday asked that a statewide grand jury be set up to examine networks that illegally smuggle people into the state as part of an investigation that also would focus on local governments that he says violate state law by adopting “sanctuary" policies.

DeSantis filed a petition with the Florida Supreme Court requesting that the grand jury be impaneled.

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