After weeks of madness when Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and GOP legislative leaders added immigration enforcement to trade barbs, the two reached an agreement.
House Speaker Daniel Perez, R-Miami and Senate President R-Wauchula President Ben Albritton said they will hold special sessions starting Tuesday. .
“We are responsible for enacting policies that will help us to completely end the illegal immigration crisis, and Republican leaders are tirelessly trying to do just that,” DeSantis said in a statement. Ta.
DeSantis previously accused Albritton and Perez of trying to undermine the push to crack down on illegal immigration in Florida. It instead passed its own law that moved most immigration enforcement agencies under GOP Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson after they rejected the initial call for a special session last month.
It is President Donald Trump who goes beyond the entire debate. President Donald Trump issued several executive orders last month after taking office last month aimed at promoting deportation and preventing new illegal border crossings. As of the end of Monday, Trump had not publicly commented on Florida’s compromise.
The agreement will establish a state immigration executive committee consisting of DeSantis and all three Cabinet members (attorney general, chief financial officer and agricultural committee member). That board coordinates with the federal government to enforce the state immigration laws.
The law will also increase penalties for illegal immigrants who commit crimes. Members of illegal immigrant gangs who commit crimes must have mandatory text. Undocumented immigrants who commit forced felony must be detained before trial. It also provides grants of over $200 million to programs that enforce immigration laws, and offers bonuses to immigration and executives participating in the operation of customs enforcement or ICE.
The bill also removes in-state tuition fees available to undocumented immigrants brought to the state as children.
One measure not the latest law is the restrictions on illegal immigration that wires money to their families. Desantis wanted to crack down on such practices, but this provision was not included in the bill passed by lawmakers. It has been excluded from the compromise proposal.
DeSantis was trying to take advantage of Trump’s new order, but was rejected by Congress after Albritton and Perez said they received “technical support” from the White House when they created plans for their preferences. .
Still, DeSantis called their version “weak” and enforcement of immigrants under Simpson was similar to “Fox protecting Henhouse.” That industry.
But Trump never publicly weighed heavily on Congressional plans after he first supported the Desantis move for a special session. By Monday evening, it seemed that all the Republican leaders had returned to the same page.
“By combining the important feedback received from Governor DeSantis and Commissioner Simpson with the extremely strong legislation passed in special Session B, we will advance and implement strong policies based on the technical support of the White House and implement them, Trump It provides important resources to support the president’s fighting efforts. Illegal immigration is efficient and effective,” Albritton and Perez wrote in a joint memo to their members.
The special session will continue until Friday.
Gray Rohrer is a reporter for the USA Today Network-Florida Capital Bureau. He can be contacted at grohrer@gannett.com. X: Follow him on @grayrohrer.
