POLITICO reporter and author of Florida Playbook Kimberly Leonard joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer on Florida Live to break down the chaos in Tallahassee regarding the state legislature's feud with Governor Ron DeSantis and their push to pass the TRUMP Act as opposed to Governor DeSantis' plan to address illegal immigration in Florida.
DeSantis continued to decry the legislature’s efforts as weaker than his own plan, which was rejected yesterday.
Republicans in Tallahassee rejected a DeSantis proposal, instead coming up with their own immigration plan to match President Donald Trump’s orders.
This was the first time the Republican-controlled legislature denied a Republican governor a special session since the GOP took control in the 1990s.
Florida lawmakers are in Tallahassee on Monday for a special session called by Gov. Ron DeSantis to address illegal immigration.
The Florida Legislature rejected some of Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposals for an immigration bill and, in the name of Donald Trump, introduced its own.
President Donald Trump’s push to quickly overhaul the nation’s immigration system is at the center of a civil war between Ron DeSantis and Florida Republicans.
Lawmakers are considering stripping DeSantis of his immigration enforcement powers, which the governor used to fly migrants to Martha’s Vineyard three years ago.
A plan by Gov. Ron DeSantis to blunt citizen-backed ballot proposals was among issues shelved by the Legislature’s Republican leaders.
"The roads could become hazardous beginning this afternoon. There’s going to be ice, there’s going to be snow..."
In a special session on Monday, leaders seemed to be declaring their independence from a governor who has wielded so much power that legislative sessions have become largely predictable rubber stamps.