DeSantis Calls Special Legislative Session to Get Ahead of Trump Immigration Policies

Florida lawmakers will also address hurricane relief and condo assessment fees and reform the state’s amendment initiative process.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R.-Fla.) attends the drivers meeting before the NASCAR Cup Series Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Fla., on Feb. 19, 2024. Jared C. Tilton/Getty Images

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis announced that he is calling all members of the state House and Senate back to Tallahassee for a special session later this month to expedite the state’s legislative alignment to President-elect Donald Trump’s policies on illegal immigration.

“We don’t have the ability to just sit around and wait with a new president taking office with these new policy changes that are coming. We’ve got to get ahead of it,” the governor said during a Jan. 13 press conference.