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The Florida Legislature still must send the bill to him before he acts. Here’s what to watch for in the coming days.

Governor Ron DeSantis held a series of roundtable discussions on Wednesday with law enforcement officials and Floridians impacted by illegal immigration, ...

Governor Ron DeSantis pledged to veto the recently passed immigration bill backed by Republicans in the legislature.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has been locked in a contentious fight with the Republican-dominated state Legislature, which tried ...

The act would name Florida’s Commissioner of Agriculture, the state’s chief immigration officer, who would oversee ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis blasted the new immigration reform bill passed by Florida Legislature Tuesday night and promised to ...

DeSantis has been criticizing the legislation since the Republican leaders announced it — which they did in a striking act of ...

During a roundtable event on Wednesday, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis voiced his disapproval of the sweeping immigration bill ...

Florida Senate and House leadership shut down the governor’s immigration proposals Monday, and instead, called for their own ...

As Gov. Ron DeSantis goes to war with Florida’s Legislature over dueling immigration bills, his frosty relationship with Florida’s agriculture commissioner, Wilton Simpson, has taken center stage.