President-elect Donald Trump praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday for calling an emergency special session so Florida could getting funding lined up so the state is ready to implement Trump’s agenda shortly after he takes office.
DeSantis noted in a statement announcing the special session that Trump was elected “with a mandate to stop illegal immigration and deport illegal aliens already in our country.”
“State and local officials in Florida will actively facilitate the Trump Administration’s policies against illegal immigration, and to do that we need to immediately set aside and approve the necessary funding and resources now,” DeSantis said. “As part of the special session I called for January 27, the week after President Trump is sworn in, I am calling on the legislature to appropriate funding for detention, relocation, transportation infrastructure, local law enforcement support, and everything else needed for Florida to carry out this mission.”
Trump responded to the announcement: “Thank you Ron, hopefully other Governors will follow!”
President-elect Trump was elected with a mandate to stop illegal immigration and deport illegal aliens already in our country.
State and local officials in Florida will actively facilitate the Trump Administration’s policies against illegal immigration, and to do that we need to… pic.twitter.com/PHvNYvjAH6
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) January 13, 2025
Trump has promised to act swiftly when he returns to the White House on Monday for what is expected to be a display of “shock and awe with executive orders,” according to Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY).
Longtime Trump immigration adviser Stephen Miller reportedly told senators on Wednesday night that they plan to use executive power toward fixing the border on the very first day.
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That includes building the border wall, constructing facilities to hold migrants, imposing new asylum restrictions, and reimplementing Title 42, the COVID-era rule that allows authorities to rapidly remove migrants apprehended at the border. It also includes using part of the Immigration and Nationality Act that allows local law enforcement and state law enforcement to help assist ICE, according to Axios.
He’s expected to begin the process of mass deportations, suspend refugee admissions, end the visa-free parole process for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (which allowed 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to enter the United States as of August), and to roll back a memo from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directing ICE officers to learn “the totality of the facts and circumstances” about illegal immigrant’s criminal convictions before deciding to deport them.
Mary Margaret Olohan contributed to this report.
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President-elect Donald Trump praised Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday for calling an emergency special session so Florida could getting funding lined up so the state is ready to implement Trump’s agenda shortly after he takes office.
DeSantis noted in a statement announcing the special session that Trump was elected “with a mandate to stop illegal immigration and deport illegal aliens already in our country.”
“State and local officials in Florida will actively facilitate the Trump Administration’s policies against illegal immigration, and to do that we need to immediately set aside and approve the necessary funding and resources now,” DeSantis said. “As part of the special session I called for January 27, the week after President Trump is sworn in, I am calling on the legislature to appropriate funding for detention, relocation, transportation infrastructure, local law enforcement support, and everything else needed for Florida to carry out this mission.”
Trump responded to the announcement: “Thank you Ron, hopefully other Governors will follow!”
President-elect Trump was elected with a mandate to stop illegal immigration and deport illegal aliens already in our country.
State and local officials in Florida will actively facilitate the Trump Administration’s policies against illegal immigration, and to do that we need to… pic.twitter.com/PHvNYvjAH6
— Ron DeSantis (@GovRonDeSantis) January 13, 2025
Trump has promised to act swiftly when he returns to the White House on Monday for what is expected to be a display of “shock and awe with executive orders,” according to Senate Majority Whip John Barrasso (R-WY).
Longtime Trump immigration adviser Stephen Miller reportedly told senators on Wednesday night that they plan to use executive power toward fixing the border on the very first day.
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That includes building the border wall, constructing facilities to hold migrants, imposing new asylum restrictions, and reimplementing Title 42, the COVID-era rule that allows authorities to rapidly remove migrants apprehended at the border. It also includes using part of the Immigration and Nationality Act that allows local law enforcement and state law enforcement to help assist ICE, according to Axios.
He’s expected to begin the process of mass deportations, suspend refugee admissions, end the visa-free parole process for people from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, and Venezuela (which allowed 530,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans, and Venezuelans to enter the United States as of August), and to roll back a memo from Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas directing ICE officers to learn “the totality of the facts and circumstances” about illegal immigrant’s criminal convictions before deciding to deport them.
Mary Margaret Olohan contributed to this report.
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