Mayor Deegan vetoes latest Jacksonville immigration legislation

City Council fails to override Donna Deegan veto of Jacksonville illegal immigration bill

Jacksonville Mayor Donna Deegan‘s veto of a controversial bill taking aim at illegal immigrants survived a City Council override attempt Tuesday. While a simple majority of eight of the 15 members present voted to overturn the mayoral veto, at least ten were needed to constitute a 2/3 supermajority. In a memo, Deegan said the measure is “duplicative,” lacks a “defined scope,” leaves the city open to “legal exposure” and “was passed in a context …

Mayor Deegan vetoes latest Jacksonville immigration legislation

The ordinance had passed Jacksonville City Council in a 11-7 vote earlier this month..

Mayor Deegan vetoes bill tracking spending on undocumented immigrants

Jacksonville City Council proponents of local immigration legislation that would have required city grant recipients to show the public funding was not aiding undocumented immigrants failed Tuesday to override Mayor Donna Deegan’s veto.  Council’s 8-7 vote fell short of a required two-thirds majority needed to nullify the mayor’s decision, hours earlier, to block Ordinance 2025-0138, introduced by beaches Republican council member Rory Diamond, …