After calling a special session, set to begin Monday, DeSantis could get a stern rebuke from his GOP colleagues.
Trump, who endorsed the Governor’s call for a Special Session, told DeSantis he got elected to “solve” the “immigration issue,” and DeSantis said Florida is “ready, willing and able to assist” with his Special Session called for the last week of January offering a timely opportunity.
Republican leaders in the state legislature say they support President Trump's pledge to combat illegal immigration but want to deal with it and other issues identified by DeSantis on their schedule,
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis implemented new Trump administration terminology as he corrected a journalist asking him about “undocumented immigrants.” The Republican leader instructed a reporter at a
Gov. Ron DeSantis has called a Special Session starting Jan. 27 to take up legislation cracking down on illegal immigration.
The governor wants legislators to act quickly, pinning the need for urgency to the inauguration of President Donald Trump.
Gov. Ron DeSantis, joined by a couple of Central Florida sheriffs, delivered the remarks from Winter Haven on Wednesday. Watch them here:
The bills include measures to repeal out-of-state college fee waivers for DACA recipients and the expansion of the state's "Unauthorized Alien Transport Program" to include deportation.
A political standoff is brewing in Tallahassee as Gov. Ron DeSantis calls lawmakers back for a special session Monday to fast-track his immigration crackdown.
The Republican-led Legislature could, for the first time, find itself on a special-session collision course with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. DeSantis has called lawmakers into a weeklong special session beginning Monday to address a number of high-profile and complicated issues,
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis calls a special legislative session to address illegal immigration, proposing local law enforcement involvement.