The governor and legislators had jockeyed to prove that their respective plans for immigration enforcement aligned with President Trump’s.

Florida lawmakers are gaveling in another special legislative session on immigration, aimed at leveraging state and local resources to carry out President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda.

Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican legislative leaders reached a deal over illegal immigration Monday night that would require the governor to share enforcement powers with members of the Florida Cabinet.

DeSantis gives immigration enforcement power to Florida Highway Patrol

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the leaders of the Republican-led Legislature haven’t come to a consensus on the immigration bill passed last week. In the meantime, the governor announced on Friday an agreement with the federal government that he said would deputize Florida Highway Patrol troopers,