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George Skelton: Hey DeSantis, real tough guys don't use vulnerable immigrants as political pawns

DeSantis spoke during the North Carolina GOP Old North State Dinner held during the North Carolina Republican party’ s annual convention.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis' crass stunt of flying desperate immigrants to California and dumping them on the doorstep of a Catholic Diocese headquarters showed us one thing: He's not fit to be America's president.

It's not because of his sensible view that we must gain more control of our southern border. Any rational person would agree that the border is too porous.

Members of Congress are trapped in their political silos and can't muster the courage to venture out and compromise on substantive immigration reform. Both parties exploit the issue in order to fire up their

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