Posted on 02/01/2025 10:24:44 PM PST by ding_dong_daddy_from_dumas
DESTIN, Fla. - The war is on in Tallahassee as Gov. Ron DeSantis went on the offensive on Friday, again going after the Florida Legislature on the contentious issue of illegal immigration.
At a news conference in Destin on Friday, the governor railed against the ‘TRUMP Act,’ which state lawmakers passed this week after rebuking the governor's special session and convening their own instead.
Battle over immigration legislation Special session rebuked The backstory: Earlier this month, DeSantis called a special session, asking state lawmakers to consider several immigration-related proposals, along with hurricane relief, condo fee reform and the citizen ballot initiative process.
The governor's proposals included requiring "maximum participation" among all cities and counties in enforcement of immigration laws, along with expanding existing authorities to empower local and state officials to detain and deport undocumented immigrants.
When the Legislature met this past Monday, however, both the Florida House and Senate rebuked DeSantis and quickly ended the special session, instead deciding to convene their own session.
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That's what I would expect, but I haven't seen any Trump comments about this. Obviously Trump is doing a hundred other things.
It should be called the Anti-Trump Act.
Ron meet Don. “ hey Ron old buddy, we’re opening up a nice little prison a little south of your beautiful state. Mind if we get some drug dealers and criminals you have and move them there? You can call it sweeping out the trash. Hey great talking to you, drop by and we’ll play a round. “.
Their bill names seem to be calculated to convince those who read only the title.
>> Very RATtish.
very
True.
LOL!
I can already see it now...
"Meatball is against the Trump Act! I always knew he was a turncoat!"
Anyone who voted for this needs to pay.
We want names.
In the article linked on FR, DeSantis mentions Florida farmers as employing illegal immigrants to save on labor costs. But they aren't the only ones doing so. Absent from DeSantis's comment are the large contractors and the many smaller roofing companies in Florida who are also major beneficiaries of this source of illegal labor. Illegals are all you see at construction sites and installing roofs in Florida. All of these employers routinely ignore the requirements of eVerify.
This may be why the Florida Senate is attempting to place enforcement functions with the Commissioner of Agriculture. That office already has significant state law enforcement authority as regards industry on the ground in Florida.
I also do not see where Democrats are pushing this, it seems to be spearheaded by staunch conservative Republicans within the Florida Senate, as the Communication shows.
Sorry—here is the link, I tried to make it “hot” but the html I used didn’t work:
https://www.flsenate.gov/PublishedContent/Offices/2024-2026/President/Documents/TRUMP_Act.pdf
Or its proponents know that the Ag commissioner cares more about cheap labor than anything else. Calling it the “Trump Act” sounds dishonest at best. as does the phrase “staunch conservatives.”
I read through much of it. Seems they want to:
1. Pat themselves on the back saying how far ahead of other states they are in dealing with illegals and how now with Trump agenda Federally, they want to do more about illegals in FL. They totally ignore that Desantis had the authority to do more, deport, or at least long term hold any and all illegals in his state for all the years he has been governor! If Desantis didn’t want to do this then state legislators have the authority to pass bills to get all illegals out. No one in FL has been doing their job to protect FL Citizens from harms (physical monetary etc) by illegals present in their state and communities. This bill is flowery smoke and mirrors, but oh, well spend a lot of money to do very little real solution.
2. Waste money in some ways unnecessary. More jail beds for one, presumably for illegals. If they truly were trying to get onboard with Trump’s agenda there isn’t time or need for beds since Illegals should be quickly turned over to ICE after apprehended.
My opinion: Quickest and cheapest way is to just deport every illegal encountered. This only get the known really bad ones leaves tens of millions more semi bad ones still costing taxpayers money, lives, jobs, timely medical care, effect class room quality, etc. None are good, since all are illegal.
I thought Florida was solid red now. Apparently not.
FL State house is run and owned by Developers .
The Morris family ( the villages ) run the state capital .
The FL Senate head is a sleazy developer from Bradenton .
Cheap Cheap labor is King .
That why the state is nothing but never-ending track homes from coast to coast .
Do you know who the head of the FL senate is ?
Albritton , from a family of Hardee Polk citrus farmers who flooded FL with illegals and he supposedly owned by Big Sugar which also demands Cheap illegal labor .
We are screwed .
This shouldn’t come as a shock.
Anyone who keeps an eye on Florida’s legislature has known for a very long time that it’s Deep State.
It seems contradictory. Unless they are either doing major constituency service, or there are powerful old-school party machines keeping them in power, you can’t have a massively popular Republican governor on the one hand, and left-wing ideologue legislature on the other. At some point, the governor’s record has to make inroads into the legislature.
I live in FL…Florida’s legislature is red, however, cash is king, and $$ are in play. It’s always about the Benjamins.
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