Talahassee, Fla. (WFLA) – After a month-long feud that became the state’s chief enforcement officer, state lawmakers have passed a bill package that allows four elected staff members, not one, to the assignment. did.
Gov. Ron DeSantis and his cabinet formally took on a new role as the state’s immigration executive committee. The governor, state attorney, chief financial officer and agricultural commissioners have already plunged into the first meeting of the year, but future meetings may not be publicly accessible.
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At their first meeting, DeSantis and the Florida Cabinet quickly took action by establishing Larry Keefe as executive directors, and all of them handed over two important resolutions in the public eye.
“We could have easily sat in our hands. We could wait until March when we had already planned to meet as a cabinet, but that’s not how we could roll here,” DeSantis said. Ta. “I think this is time sensitive. I think this is an emergency.”
The governor and his cabinet coordinate and cooperate with the federal government on immigration law. However, some are concerned about these issues and meetings being held privately.
“There is no public oversight that type of meeting will be held and especially when public dollars are being spent,” said D-Orlando Rep. Anna V. Eskamani.
As a member of Florida’s Cabinet, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis defended the need for privacy and explained that discretion is necessary to avoid incline anyone under investigation into certain tasks.
“If there is a continuous investigation, some of these issues need to be held in a private sense, so there could actually be effective and non-violent arrests,” Patronis said. I did. “If you put too much information in the public domain, your arrest won’t happen just because the bad guys know what you’re doing.”
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Patronis, who resigned as CFO to run for Florida’s CD-1 at the end of March, looked back on his trip to the border last year. And we shared that while you may not be directly aware of the effects of illegal immigration in your home, guns, drugs, loss of life, and human trafficking are all happening every day.
“We’re going to stop it with that truck,” Patronis said. “We are trying to attract the attention of the Mexican government, the attention of the Canadian government. We are going to finish building the wall and keep our citizens safe.”
Meanwhile, Democrats have argued what the crimes committed at home by American citizens are.
“Immigration is this political topic and it’s attracting all the attention. But we ignore the everyday crimes that occur in our communities. We are often very young and immature, who do not require intervention. By people, they have not paid the attention it deserves,” Escamani said.
Eskamnai describes the new role of the Cabinet as a politically motivated sight, highlighting the lack of knowledge in addressing immigration issues. However, the representative recognizes that the country is facing an immigration crisis.
“It’s certainly a problem, but we’re not a border nation and Governor DeSantis is trying to pretend like our own presidential ambitions.
In contrast, Patronis believes that Florida’s history of leadership will lead to the success of these new initiatives.
“I was in the government for most of my professional life here, and one thing I know is that Florida has always been leading the way,” Patronis said. “We’ve always had a common sense policy whether it was an education initiative or not.”
Patronis added that he is confident that there will be more developments and discoveries over time.
“That’s the beauty of holding legislative sessions within a month,” Patronis said. “They can do something in depth to what they call the Glitch Bill to fix this.”
