Ultimately, Republicans shut down multiple amendments trying to take the tuition-related provisions out of the bill. Republican Sens. Jennifer Bradley, of Fleming Island, and Alexis Calatayud, of Miami, did vote with Democrats for an amendment on tuition filed by Jones.

The veto pledge capped a dramatic few days in which Republican legislators publicly criticized Gov. Ron DeSantis and portrayed themselves as truer allies of President Trump.

Even as DeSantis called the new bill "weaker," legislative Republicans pushed their legislation through the committee process Monday.

The relationship between Gov. Ron DeSantis and Republican leaders of the Florida Legislature has devolved into open hostility. In social media posts and public pronouncements this week, DeSantis has accused legislators of sabotaging his plans for strong immigration enforcement.

Sen. Jason Pizzo, D-Miami, noted Tuesday that DeSantis didn’t hold accountable a state road contractor after one of its employees, a Honduran immigrant in the country illegally, killed Pinellas Sheriff’s Deputy Michael Hartwick at a construction site.

Gov. Ron DeSantis says he will veto an immigration bill passed by lawmakers that he says doesn't go far enough and will actually hamstring state and local law enforcement officers on immigration enforcement duties.

Earlier this week, top Republicans noted that his Department of Commerce had issued eight enforcement letters to companies during DeSantis’ tenure for potentially not screening employees through E-Verify, the federal program that checks the legal eligibility of new workers.

Florida lawmakers passed an immigration bill that was panned by Gov. Ron DeSantis and gaveled out of their special session on Tuesday. The Tackling and Reforming Unlawful Migration Policy Act – known by the acronym TRUMP Act – is sponsored by Sen.

State Senator Joe Gruters joins Jim DeFede from D.C., where he will attend President-elect Trump's inauguration.

SB 334, filed by Sen. Joe Gruters of Sarasota, would give patients the right to grow two pot plants at home for personal consumption. It also contemplated changes to the hemp market, but the sponsor withdrew the bill, telling POLITICO Florida Playbook the bill would come back as strictly a home grow measure.

Despite its seemingly hardline stance, DeSantis dismissed the bill as insufficient, accusing legislators of moving to the left on immigration

The Florida governor says the legislature is actually weakening immigration powers as state bill draws concern from other Trump-friendly Republicans.