Florida Republicans deliver humiliating rebuke to DeSantis’s immigration plan
Florida Republicans deliver humiliating rebuke to DeSantis’s immigration plan
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Lawmakers halt his planned crackdown and move on with their own proposals in ‘spirit and letter’ of Trump’s policies. Republicans in the Florida legislature on Monday delivered a humiliating rebuke to Ron DeSantis by shutting down the governor’s planned crackdown on immigration in the state and moving ahead with their own proposals.
Lawmakers in the Florida House and Senate abruptly “gaveled out” a special legislative session that DeSantis had called to seek their approval for measures he drew up in support of Donald Trump’s hardline immigration agenda. They included the appointment of a new state “immigration officer” who would be appointed by the governor to liaise with the White House, and report directly to him.
Republican Senate president Ben Albritton accused DeSantis of trying to usurp the legislature’s authority to write laws, and said the chambers would pursue their own immigration bill following the “spirit and letter” of the president’s immigration policies without the governor’s input.
“President Trump is clearly leading from the Oval Office and has everything under control. Sometimes leadership is not about being out in front. It’s about following the leaders you trust, and I trust President Trump,” Albritton said. Trump previously praised DeSantis for calling the session in a post on Truth Social, but was on his golf course in Miami on Monday morning and had no immediate comment about the day’s developments.
