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,…
