Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis restated his opposition to amnesty for illegal immigrants on Monday, Nov. 9, posting “No amnesty!” on X as a debate over a possible immigration deal spread through conservative circles. DeSantis wrote from his @RonDeSantis account at 12:08 p.m. ET that the video he was sharing “is from several months ago” and that opposing amnesty “is a long-standing position of mine.”
No amnesty!
— Ron DeSantis (@RonDeSantis) November 9, 2026
That video is from several months ago, though. It is a long-standing position of mine. https://t.co/PJelIsDi1B
No amnesty!
That video is from several months ago, though. It is a long-standing position of mine.
@RonDeSantis, Nov. 9, 2026
The post had drawn more than 31,000 views and 2,000 likes by about 12:40 p.m. ET, according to X’s public counts. DeSantis did not name any other official in the post.
The video is from March
The clip riding with DeSantis’ post is not new. He quoted a Nov. 9 post by the account @europa, which carried video from a March 19, 2026, news conference in Bradenton. That video was first posted on X on March 20 by @ReOpenChris.
At the Bradenton event, DeSantis responded to a proposal discussed by members of Florida’s State Immigration Enforcement Council to send federal officials a letter seeking a path to citizenship for illegal immigrants without criminal records who pay a fine, WUSF reported.
“This idea that unless you’re an axe murderer you should be able to stay, that is not consistent with our laws and it’s also not good policy.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis, Bradenton, Fla., March 19, 2026, in video posted on X
“You come illegally and then you stay until you commit a really violent crime. That just doesn’t work,” DeSantis said in the same remarks. “It’s incoherent, and it’s not what the president ran on.” He added that Florida’s approach to enforcement had “set the standard” and said, “We certainly don’t want to backtrack on this.”
A second clip, from May
A different DeSantis clip has also circulated this weekend. On Sunday night, Nov. 8, @ReOpenChris re-posted a 59-second video of DeSantis remarks from May 2026. The clip was first posted on X on May 11, 2026, and DeSantis did not post it this weekend.
“We can’t do an amnesty here in this country. That would have devastating consequences,” DeSantis said in the May clip. He added, “I think it would be a big problem politically to walk away from the deportation mission.”
DeSantis has made the same point in his own posts before. On May 3, 2026, he wrote, “No amnesty. Not today, not ever!” On May 12, 2026, he posted “No amnesty!” over a post that used the same May clip.
The immigration deal debate
DeSantis’ post came a day after CBS aired President Donald Trump’s 60 Minutes interview with correspondent Ross Douthat on Nov. 8. Trump said, “I think I got an A+ for closing up the border. I get very high marks for getting the bad ones out.”
Asked whether his deportation policy went too far, Trump said, “I think it might be too tough, yeah.” He said he would like to work with Democrats on immigration and called a deal “something that’s actually doable.” Trump described it this way: “Get the killers out. Get all the—the rough ones out. Get the drug dealers out. But let the people that are here, and in some cases here for ten and 15 years, work a deal for them.”
Conservative commentator Megyn Kelly responded on X Sunday night, quoting a clip of Trump’s remarks: “And now amnesty. Seriously?”
No immigration deal has been announced. DeSantis’ Monday post adds no new policy proposal; it restates a position he has voiced on camera and on X since at least March.
Related coverage
Politics Elections has covered the long fight over amnesty, including the Gang of 34 DACA amnesty letter and illegal immigration as a social, economic and national security crisis. For the enforcement case, see Jim Jordan and Tom Homan laying out the facts on immigration.
Featured photo: Gov. Ron DeSantis, official portrait, Nov. 6, 2019. Photo: State of Florida, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
