Ron DeSantis repeated Thursday that he will veto the state Legislature's "weak and destructive" immigration bill, saying it would keep law enforcement from carrying out President Donald Trump's plan to deport undocumented immigrants.
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South Florida officials react to Trump's plans to send undocumented immigrants to Guantanamo Bay
Trump orders Guantanamo Bay be prepared for ‘the worst’ undocumented immigrants
President Donald Trump on Wednesday signed a memorandum to begin preparing a facility on the Guantanamo Bay Naval Base to detain tens of thousands of “the worst” undocumented immigrants. The action, which Trump discussed for the first time earlier Wednesday,
Trump 2nd term live updates: Trump says Guantanamo Bay will house 30,000 migrants
Gov. Ron DeSantis may have been the first official to use President's Trump's new name for the Gulf of Mexico in an official capacity.
DeSantis floated Florida as a logical launching pad for the removal of people in the country illegally earlier this week.
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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has promised to veto a sweeping immigration bill. It’s the latest escalation in a statehouse showdown between DeSantis’ office and the Republican leaders, who have sparred over whose proposals would best carry out President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown.
DeSantis was an officer and Navy lawyer at Gitmo in 2006, when prisoners committed to a mass hunger strike. Guards there ultimately restrained and force-fed many of them using nasal tubes — a practice the United Nations Human Rights Commission deemed a form of torture.
With Florida GOP leadership now determined to pass an immigration reform bill that differs somewhat from what Gov. Ron DeSantis had been proposing for the past few weeks, Florida Democrats and activists on Monday tried to persuade GOP lawmakers to remove the provision that apparently unites all Florida Republicans — repealing in-state tuition rates for
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis revealed in an Orlando press conference on Thursday that Ashley Moody, the state's Attorney General, has been selected
The case drew attention amid a nationwide focus on the apprehension and deportation of undocumented immigrants.
Florida lawmakers defied DeSantis and approved their own version of sweeping immigration reforms amid a GOP power struggle.
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The Trump-fueled rush to legislate has produced a bill that focuses on its efforts on enforcement but doesn’t try to meaningfully stem the tide of immigration. | Opinion
A state law promising to crackdown on employers' use of undocumented labor has produced no business citations.
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