By Free Republic | Created at 2025-02-02 06:42:12 | Updated at 2025-02-02 08:45:40
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Governor DeSantis again blasts Florida Legislature over illegal immigration, vows to veto 'TRUMP Act'
FOX 13 Tampa Bay ^ | January 31, 2025 | Ryan Burkett and Evan Axelbank
Posted on 02/01/2025 10:24:44 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
DESTIN, Fla. - The war is on in Tallahassee as Gov. Ron DeSantis went on the offensive on Friday, again going after the Florida Legislature on the contentious issue of illegal immigration.
At a news conference in Destin on Friday, the governor railed against the ‘TRUMP Act,’ which state lawmakers passed this week after rebuking the governor's special session and convening their own instead.
Battle over immigration legislation Special session rebuked The backstory: Earlier this month, DeSantis called a special session, asking state lawmakers to consider several immigration-related proposals, along with hurricane relief, condo fee reform and the citizen ballot initiative process.
The governor's proposals included requiring "maximum participation" among all cities and counties in enforcement of immigration laws, along with expanding existing authorities to empower local and state officials to detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
When the Legislature met this past Monday, however, both the Florida House and Senate rebuked DeSantis and quickly ended the special session, instead deciding to convene their own session.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Foreign Affairs; Front Page News; Mexico; News/Current Events; US: Florida
KEYWORDS: aliens; cheaplaborexpress; desantis; florida; gopestablishment; illegals; rinos; sidebarabuse; trumpact; uniparty
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Remember the Lankford "National Security and Border Act" (Feb. 2024). The title sounded good, but it would have given Biden the power to do additional damage. Now the FL legislature wants to make the FL Agriculture commissioner "chief immigration officer." They named it the "Trump Act!" What could possibly go wrong? Deserves to be vetoed if they ever submit it to DeSantis.
To: ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
They named it the "Trump Act!"
Nice bit of phony marketing. Trump backs DeSantis on this.
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