Florida lawmakers rebuke DeSantis, convene own immigration special session

Gray Rohrer Ana Goñi-Lessan USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida

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Florida Republicans defy DeSantis to push their own immigration bill

By  STEPHANY MATAT and KATE PAYNE Updated 5:28 PM CST, January 27, 2025

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A ‘blatant lie’: Fight escalates between DeSantis, Florida Legislature over immigration

Republican legislative leaders on Monday accused DeSantis of lying about their bill to beef up enforcement of immigration laws.

Gray Rohrer USA TODAY NETWORK – Florida

Republican legislative leaders on Monday accused Gov. Ron DeSantis of “not reading” and lying about their bill to beef up enforcement of immigration laws.

After Senate President Ben Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez rejected his immigration proposals earlier in the day and put forward one of their own, DeSantis slammed their plan as “weak” and claimed they were “gutting” his proposal to require all law enforcement officials in the state to work with federal immigration enforcement officials. (snip-this was the newest update at 8 PM when I set this up. There could be more by now!)