Florida’s parliamentary management and governor reached a compromise after receiving a lot of criticism for their establishment antics. On Monday, Ron DeSantis introduced legislation to help with President Donald Trump’s repatriation of unlawful creatures.
” Florida generally leads. Our Democratic leaders have been working hard to stop the illegal emigration crisis, DeSantis said in a speech announcing the offer.” We have a responsibility to implement policies that will help us put an end to this issue. ” With the passage of these plans, Florida will support the Trump Administration to offer on the President’s historical authority to stop illegal immigration”.
The agreed-upon ideas contain many of the laws DeSantis put forth last month that were immediately rejected by the court’s GOP leadership.
For example, one of the expenses imposes penalties on local officials who pass edicts or ordinances that “refuse to comply with or often direct local officials, workers, or others to refuse to comply with an immigration ejectment issued by a federal immigration agency.” The Florida attorney general has the authority to “initiate criminal proceedings” against those accused of violating the law in order to “force adherence.” Additionally, it gives judges the authority to nullify these nearby directives if they are found to be in breach of the law.
Additionally, the proposal establishes a State Board of Immigration Enforcement within the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, which is led by the governor and his cabinet ( the “board” ). The table is required to appoint an executive director to help in the fulfillment of its commitments because it is” the chief immigration enforcement officer of the state.”
This officer will act as Immigration Customs and Enforcement’s ( ICE ) primary point of contact, ensuring cooperation in” the enforcement of federal immigration laws and other matters related to the enforcement of federal immigration laws,” among other responsibilities.
A State Immigration Enforcement Council — consisting of law enforcement members appointed by the state’s government, chief financial officer, solicitor general, director of agriculture, Senate leader, and House speaker — would also be established under the current plan. The council would exist to “advis]e ] the board” on immigration-related matters.
Provisions prohibiting the issuance of driver’s licenses for all illegal aliens and in-state tuition for foreign nationals, along with increased penalties for illegal aliens caught “willfully” voting in U. S. elections and foreign criminal gang members, are also in the proposed legislation.
As previously indicated, Monday’s deal did not come without its headaches.
Senate President Ben Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez, both of whom are Republicans, rejected DeSantis ‘ initial request for a special session of the legislature to address illegal immigration, which was later refuted by the governor. The legislative leaders then subsequently, giving themselves up, convened in their own special session to rat through the” TRUMP Act,” which had provisions that appeared to be much weaker than those proposed by the governor.
Nobody is purchasing the garbage immigration bill that the Republicans in Florida are selling.
The legislature’s bill sought to , effectively strip , oversight of immigration enforcement from the governor and give it to the state’s agriculture commissioner, who would be designated as Florida’s” chief immigration officer“.
According to The Federalist, Wilton Simpson, a former Florida Senate president with a track record of being soft on illegal immigration enforcement, is currently in charge of the position of agriculture commissioner. During his time as a legislator, for example, Simpson supported measures giving temporary driver’s licenses and , in-state tuition , rates to certain , foreign nationals.
This week’s special session will take DeSantis and the legislature’s new ideas into consideration. If passed “as]they’re ] presented now”, the governor has pledged to sign them.
Shawn Fleetwood is a University of Mary Washington graduate and a staff writer for The Federalist. He previously served as a state content writer for Convention of States Action and his work has been featured in numerous outlets, including RealClearPolitics, RealClear Health, and Conservative Review. Follow him on Twitter @ShawnFleetwood
