TITUSVILLE, Fla. – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis will host a roundtable Wednesday morning at the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office in Titusville. The governor will be joined by Brevard County Sheriff Wayne Ivey and Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles Director Dave Kerner.

One day after Florida lawmakers passed a new immigration act, a crowd gathered near Lake Eola in downtown Orlando to show support for immigrants' rights.

TALLAHASSEE — The Florida House and Senate openly rebuked Gov. Ron DeSantis’ call for a special session on immigration Monday by defiantly rejecting his slate of bills, then adjourning and immediately regrouping to consider alternative legislation approved by their leaders.

The bills include measures to repeal out-of-state college fee waivers for DACA recipients and the expansion of the state's "Unauthorized Alien Transport Program" to include deportation.

They think by putting the name of a strong president on a weak bill that is somehow going to pull the wool over the eyes,' DeSantis said

The Florida Legislature is meeting in special session this week — but only on the issue of illegal immigration. In doing so, legislative leaders are openly defying Gov. Ron DeSantis’ attempts to bend lawmakers to his will – and his ability to control the discussion.

DeSantis said his office was not involved in discussions about the bill that passed Tuesday, which he called “weak, weak, weak.”

Florida lawmakers are in Tallahassee on Monday for a special session called by Gov. Ron DeSantis to address illegal immigration.

Special legislative sessions in Florida can cost $50,000 a day. But columnist Scott Maxwell says a bigger problem is the hasty way politicians rush to pass bills that nobody has even fully vetted.

Monday’s battle over the immigration issues was a stark departure from the GOP’s unity that’s been the hallmark of DeSantis’ relationship with the Legislature over the past six years

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.