Florida lawmakers tee up fight with DeSantis after passing immigration bill

Published January 29, 2025 11:36am ET



Florida state lawmakers passed their own version of a bill aimed at curbing illegal immigration, setting up a showdown with Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL), who labeled the legislation “weak.”

The bill was announced earlier this week after House Speaker Daniel Perez and Senate President Ben Albritton, both Republicans, rejected DeSantis’s special session and immigration proposals in favor of their own special session and legislation. The legislation would allow the state to better cooperate with federal government deportation efforts, according to its supporters, but would also take immigration enforcement authority away from the governor and instead vest it in the state’s agriculture secretary.

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