Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis scheduled the special session for the week of Jan. 27 so lawmakers can help enact President-elect Donald Trump’s immigration policies immediately.

Gov. Ron DeSantis has set a special legislative session to boost President-elect Trump's planned crackdown on undocumented immigration. Why it matters: Should DeSantis succeed, Florida would become even more inhospitable to undocumented immigrants,

Saying he expects a “sea change” in federal immigration policies from the incoming Trump administration, Gov. Ron DeSantis on Monday called the Florida Legislature into special session to deal with illegal immigration and three other issues.