By james art 
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. – A special legislative session begins Monday in Tallahassee, about a month before the regular session begins.
Gov. Ron DeSantis wants the session to focus on apartments, hurricane relief and immigration.
On Sunday, 11 bills were introduced in both the Florida House of Representatives and the Florida Senate, most related to illegal immigration.
A pair of companion bills also focused on new restrictions on citizen-led initiatives (SB 18-A/HB 21-A).
DeSantis said he wants to see an end to in-state training for undocumented migrants (SB 20-A/HB 19-A), as well as being able to appoint an immigration czar, which would give police the power to detain and deport migrants back to their home countries (SB 14-A/HB 11-A).
Speaking in Jacksonville on Friday, the governor says he’s happy Florida can help lead the way.
“I know that after I declared a special session for Florida, Tennessee declared a special session to help immigration,” DeSantis said. “If we successfully push these policies over the next week and get them passed into law — we’ll see other states step up and do the same, and that creates that positive reinforcement.” So Florida is leading the way again.”
Some critics called this special session a “stunt” and criticized the governor’s tough stance on the border.