Florida anti illegal immigration bill passed, what's in it?

https://www.pnj.com/story/news/polit...w/70175457007/

Florida Governor RonDeSantis is poised to sign tough penalties and restrictions that aims to obstruct the flow of illegal immigration to the state after the House approved the measure, (CS/SB 1718), in a mostly party line, 83-36 vote on Tuesday.

The new legislation strengthens employment requirements, bans local governments from contributing money to organizations creating identification cards for undocumented immigrants, bars driver’s licenses issued to non-citizens in other states from use in Florida and repeals a 2014 law that allowed undocumented immigrants to be admitted to practice law in Florida.

Employment requirements

The immigration package allows businesses to conduct random audits of businesses suspected of hiring undocumented workers and increases criminal penalties for human smuggling.

Transportation:
This part of the bill was rewritten because opponents initially feared that it could ensnare friends or family members driving a migrant across town. The bill now only applies to those transporting people from outside the country to Florida.

Immigration bill dialed back:

Companies with 25 or more employees will have to use the federal E-Verify system when hiring workers, expanding on a requirement set by the Republican-led Legislature in 2020 that is limited to public employers and contractors, which effectively exempted the state’s powerful agriculture industry.
Penalties for employers who don’t verify their employees’ status could face suspension of their licenses to operate.

IDs and driver’s licenses

Local governments will be banned from contributing money to organizations creating identification cards for undocumented immigrants, and driver’s licenses issued to non-citizens will be barred from use in Florida.

Opponents fear that this provision could cause confusion and lead to law enforcement profiling.

Health care

Hospitals receiving state and federal Medicaid reimbursements will be required to track how much money is spent on undocumented immigrants in emergency rooms.

Education

The new law repeals a 2014 law that allowed undocumented immigrants to be admitted to practice law in Florida.
DeSantis pushed for a tuition prohibition but couldn’t find the support to make it into the final legislation. Senate President Kathleen Passidomo, R-Naples, said that several lawmakers served in 2014 when the Florida Legislature under then-Gov. Rick Scott extended in-state tuition to undocumented “Dreamers.”

RIP Hotel, Agricultural, Construction, industrial industries in Florida.

gonna be glorious when they realize the mistake they made.

Florida is about to become the nation's inflation capital on its way to take the crown.

Sounds like asking for sticky wage inflation, which is especially bad right now considering the current economic environment. He's also fighting Disney at the same time which is a huge player in Florida and general media. The saying goes... never fuck with the mouse.

"The immigration package allows businesses..." Sounds optional to me

Didn’t Arizona or New Mexico tried this years ago

the wording is clunky....either agri is still exempted, or it was back then and it no longer is. It reads to me like it still is exempted.

yeah, wtf is that, a mistake? Businesses are going to self-audit? lolwut?

prolly a loophole.

The scariest part about this is not accepting driver licenses from states that allow undocumented people to have a license. Does this really mean they will ticket/arrest someone there with a California or WA license? Those states should return the favor and not accept Florida licenses since florida is breaking reciprocity.

@tomaskenn "Negative impact on Florida has begun from the recently passed DeSantis’ anti-immigrant bill. Immigrant labor is leaving as construction work sites grapple with new restrictions. All to demonize people who simply want to work and be left alone while providing for their families."

https://twitter.com/tomaskenn/status...C9ubGk0fgtAAAA

"All to demonize people who simply want to work and be left alone while providing for their families."

His cruelty will backfire. They don't deserve their work. And FL citizens need to hold their politicians accountable.