At the urging of Gov. DeSantis, Republican supermajorities in the Florida Legislature are preparing to pass a sweeping immigration bill that would give millions to his controversial program transporting migrants to Democratic areas.
April 24, 2023, 9:13 PM UTCTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — At the urging of Gov. Ron DeSantis, Republican supermajorities in the Florida Legislature are preparing to pass a sweeping immigration bill that would give millions of dollars to his controversial program transporting migrants to Democratic areas.
bar Florida local governments from spending taxpayer dollars on identification cards for people who can not provide proof of citizenship; Supporters of the plan said that opponents were acting in bad faith by mixing the idea of legal and illegal immigration. Democrats put forward a series of amendments to try and dull some of what they see as the bill’s most controversial provisions, but they were all easily dispatched by the House Commerce Committee’s Republican majority.
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