“Who Gets to Oversee Illegal Immigration Enforcement in Florida” This is Something to Think About 02.13.25

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“Who Gets to Oversee Illegal Immigration Enforcement in Florida”

Bill Bunkley’s “This Is Something to Think About”

Air Date Thursday, February 13, 2025

So, who is going to oversee protecting Floridians from illegal immigration?

Governor DeSantis suggested himself in his Special Session # 1 call.

In their Special Session # 2 call, the legislature decided that Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson, not the governor, would be in charge.

So, now, in Special Session # 3, a compromise is being put forth on the leadership issue, providing that the Governor, Agriculture Commissioner, Attorney General, and Chief Financial Officer will make up a “State Board of Immigration Enforcement.”

The board will match the state’s immigration enforcement with the federal government. All actions require a unanimous vote. 

The board will be advised by a “State Immigration Enforcement Council” of law enforcement officials from local, county, and state agencies.

It will be immigration enforcement by committee.

Bill Bunkley is a 19-year veteran Salem Media talk show host based in Tampa. The Bill Bunkley Show airs weekdays across central Florida from 3 to 6 pm. Bill is also President of the Florida Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention (Southern Baptist Convention Churches), among other churches and entities. He has served as the legislative consultant to the Florida Baptist State Convention for the last 29 years at the state capitol in Tallahassee. By the Grace of his Lord Jesus, he is today a cancer survivor diagnosed in 2018 with AML Leukemia, having successfully undergone a bone marrow transplant that same year. His wife is Toni, son is Zac, and they attend Idlewild Baptist Church. 

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