{"id":1951466,"date":"2023-06-19T21:12:01","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:12:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/francis-suarez-repeatedly-dodges-questions-on-building-the-border-wall\/"},"modified":"2023-06-19T21:13:15","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T01:13:15","slug":"francis-suarez-repeatedly-dodges-questions-on-building-the-border-wall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/francis-suarez-repeatedly-dodges-questions-on-building-the-border-wall\/","title":{"rendered":"Francis Suarez evades queries about constructing the border wall."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ffrancis-suarez-repeatedly-dodges-questions-on-building-the-border-wall%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1951466&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><h2>Miami Mayor Francis Suarez Refuses to Take a Stand on Border Wall<\/h2>\n<p>Miami Mayor <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/miami-mayor-francis-suarez-announces-gop-presidential-bid-despite-support-for-left-wing-positions\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Francis Suarez<\/a> repeatedly refused to say if he supports building a wall on the U.S. southern border to help stem the tide of millions of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/poll-85-of-americans-underestimate-the-number-of-illegal-border-crossings-under-biden\/\" title=\"Poll: 85% Of Americans Underestimate The Number Of Illegal Border Crossings Under Biden\">illegal aliens pouring<\/a> into the country under the Biden administration during an interview on Monday.<\/p>\n<p>Suarez made the remarks during a Fox Business interview with host Stuart Varney when asked if he would continue building the wall, something that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has pledged to do.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe border is an enormous issue,\u201d Suarez said. \u201cWe have 80,000 to 90,000 Americans dying every single year from fentanyl that\u2019s coming through our border that\u2019s being pumped into our country from China.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Varney pressed Suarez again on the matter, asking, \u201cWell \u2014 will you build a wall and put the ones who are here already \u2014 put them to work? Will you do those two things?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Suarez again sidestepped talking about the wall, adding that he would \u201cdedicate whatever the resources that are necessary.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAlso, discussing it with the law enforcement partners that are on the ground to make sure that our border is secure, whatever that is, I will do it,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe second part is the people that are here, as you said, you know, everyone agrees that those people cannot be \u2026 teleported out of the country,\u201d he continued. \u201cSo, we have to find a way to understand who they are, to make sure that they\u2019re not <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/state-dept-spox-largest-threat-to-u-s-national-security-are-u-s-cops\/\" title=\"State Dept Spox: \u2018Largest Threat to U.S. National Security are U.S. Cops\u2019\">national security threats<\/a>, to make sure that they\u2019re paying their taxes and, yes, to give them some sort of legal status so that small businesses across this country can rely on them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b data-stringify-type=\"bold\"><\/b><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">WATCH: Miami Mayor Francis Suarez twice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/francis-suarez-repeatedly-dodges-questions-on-building-the-border-wall\/\" title=\"Francis Suarez evades queries about constructing the border wall.\">denies expressly supporting<\/a> a wall along the U.S. border with Mexico if he&#8217;s elected president <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Ypg4u7cCFK\">pic.twitter.com\/Ypg4u7cCFK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Florida\u2019s Voice (@FLVoiceNews) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FLVoiceNews\/status\/1670861647634628651?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 19, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>While former President Donald Trump\u2019s administration did build 450 miles of border wall, the overwhelming majority of that was replacing old barriers. Approximately <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/florida-sends-800-soldiers-300-law-enforcement-officers-to-help-secure-u-s-border-in-texas\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">85 miles<\/a> of new border wall \u2014 52 miles of new primary wall and 33 miles of new secondary wall \u2014 was built in areas that had no preexisting border barriers, according to a press release that the Trump campaign touted from U.S. Customs and Border Protection and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">FACT CHECK: President Trump built over 450 MILES of new border wall. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/CNNTownHall?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#CNNTownHall<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/KDPMFMWpbS\">pic.twitter.com\/KDPMFMWpbS<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Team Trump (Text TRUMP to 88022) (@TeamTrump) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TeamTrump\/status\/1656464119183056897?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 11, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Suarez previously <a href=\"https:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/US\/mayors-protest-president-trumps-immigrant-family-separation-policy\/story?id=56054024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">attended<\/a> protests of some of Trump\u2019s immigration policies and \u201csaid he does not plan to direct the Miami police department to enforce a law signed by Florida Governor Ron DeSantis that makes it a felony to willingly transport an undocumented person,\u201d according to <a href=\"https:\/\/kyma.com\/decision-2024\/national-politics\/2023\/05\/21\/florida-mayor-on-migrant-crisis-and-possible-presidental-run\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">local media<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Miami Mayor Francis Suarez declined to reveal his stance on constructing a border wall during an interview with Stuart Varney on Fox Business. 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