A day after rejecting Governor Ron Desantis’ special session to tackle immigration issues, Florida lawmakers were set to vote on their own legislation today, bu

A push by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to crack down on ballot initiatives could have unforeseen consequences for the business interests of his state’s most prominent resident: President Donald Trump.

The House and Senate started and quickly ended a special legislative session that DeSantis called and then immediately opened their own special session.

A special legislative session called by Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to take up a series of proposals to help implement President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown was quickly nixed by top Republican state lawmakers.

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.

I spoke with the president today, and I told him I am working on this and we want to be helpful and he was basically, ‘I want as strong as possible, as strong as possible,’” DeSantis told supporters in the call.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House and Senate openly rebuked Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a special session on immigration Monday by defiantly rejecting his slate of bills, then adjourning and immediately regrouping to consider alternative legislation approved by their leaders.

The Florida Legislature rejected some of Gov. Ron DeSantis' proposals for an immigration bill and, in the name of Donald Trump, introduced its own.

While Florida lawmakers and Gov. Ron DeSantis are in a standoff over illegal-immigration legislation, there’s one part of the measure that has received little discussion but deeply worries social service and immigration advocates.

The Florida Legislature convened on Monday, as required by the state constitution, for Gov. DeSantis's special session to address immigration enforcement.

FOX 13 reporter Evan Axelbank joined FOX 35's Garrett Wymer on Florida Live fresh off his one-on-one conversation with Florida's Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson to break down the beef in the state capitol between Governor Ron DeSantis and the State Legislature.