In defiance of Gov. Ron DeSantis, the Republican-led Florida Legislature passed a bill late Tuesday night anointing Agriculture Commissioner Wilton Simpson as the state’s chief immigration officer and zapping millions of dollars from the governor’s office for immigration enforcement.
The bill cleared the chambers by a 21-16 vote in the Senate and 82-30 in the House after Senate President Ben Albritton and House Speaker Daniel Perez agreed to changes worked out after conversations with...