Florida Governor Ron DeSantis said he’ll veto an immigration bill passed by the Republican-led legislature, dismissing it as too “weak” and accusing lawmakers of watering down efforts to crack down on illegal immigration.
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.
Governor Ron DeSantis held a roundtable in West Palm Beach as part of a series of discussions with local law enforcement as he seeks to introduce his own contentious immigration laws in the face of opposition from the Legislature.
"The veto pen is ready," he posted on X Wednesday, after having telegraphed earlier this week that the bill was doomed.
Tension between Florida Republicans is growing amid President Donald Trump’s bold immigration reforms. Governor Ron DeSantis is accusing state House Speaker Daniel Perez and state Senate President […]
DeSantis said his office was not involved in discussions about the bill that passed Tuesday, which he called “weak, weak, weak.”
Gov. Ron DeSantis called an immigration bill passed in the Florida Legislature a “very grotesque piece of legislation.” He also insinuated Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson used his influence as a former Senate President to shape the bill.
Gov. Ron DeSantis will be in Palm Beach County on Thursday morning where he is expected to attend a roundtable discussion, according to a statement from his office.
The GOP supermajority legislature was the first to deny a Republican governor a special session since they took control in the 1990s.
If you are not willing to come out now and oppose this swampy piece of legislation, you are not going to get elected governor in this state,” DeSantis says of the legislative
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis just gave an ominous warning to Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson and any Republican (GOP) looking to run