As we speak, your state leaders’ focus on closing down Florida to undocumented people is the center of a very public and increasingly nasty standoff between Gov. Ron DeSantis and state legislature.
It’s probably unprecedented among leaders of the same party who have the same end-game.
The state house and senate defied the governor, called their own session, and passed their own hardline immigration bill last week, during a public bashing and strategic attempt to dismantle that effort by the governor.
DeSantis has already forecast a veto, but what then? His executive order declaring Florida under a state of immigration emergency is now two years old, giving him broad power to act and spend.
Florida State House Speaker Daniel Perez of Miami joined This Week in South Florida host Glenna Milberg to discuss, and their conversation can be seen at the top of this page.
