Last week, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis deputized Florida Highway Patrol to make immigration arrests, an order he does not need the state legislature to approve.
He also this week hinted at a compromise to come in the very public standoff with house and senate leaders who are flexing their own powers with state immigration plans.
With just three weeks to go to session in Tallahassee, that’s just one of the big decisions on your Florida lawmakers’ to do list.
Joining This Week in South Florida host Glenna Milberg to discuss is State Senator Rosalind Osgood, a Democrat from Broward County and former Broward County School Board chair, and State Representative Juan Carlos Porras, a Republican from Miami-Dade who was elected to office after several years as legislative aide.
