Gov. Ron Desantis vowed Wednesday to veto the TRUMP Act, an immigration bill passed by the Florida legislature in a special session.
NBC6 sat down exclusively with Florida House Speaker Danny Perez about the showdown within the Republican party.
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“Both of us want the same solution, which is to make sure that we can end the crisis of illegal immigration," Perez said. "We have a disagreement on how to get there.”
The bill, titled the Tackling and Reforming Unlawful Migration Policy, or TRUMP Act, sets aside half a billion dollars in public funds to help carry out President Donald Trump's crackdown on those in the country illegally.
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The measure was passed largely along party lines.