The Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantissigned this Wednesday the bill sb 1718a norm that includes measures that make it difficult for immigrants in an irregular situation to establish themselves, such as not recognizing driver’s licenses from other states, during an act in which he denounced border control by the federal government.
In a press conference held in the city of Jacksonville, in the north of the state, and under the motto “Protecting Florida from the Biden border crisisDeSantis said the law he signed today is in response to what he called a “massive problem on the border with Mexico.”
The 43-page bill includes provisions to invalidate driver’s licenses and identification cards issued by other states to “unauthorized immigrants,” among many others that try to make it more difficult for people without legal authorization to settle in that territory.
DeSantis lashed out at what he defined as “negligence” on the part of the Administration of US President Joe Biden, on the immigration issue, a “failed responsibility from the first day of his government,” he said.
The governor, who at any moment could announce that will participate in the Republican primaries from which the presidential candidate will emerge in the 2024 electionsstressed that Florida from the beginning has tried to “combat the effects of the policy” of Biden.
To counter those policies, he signed into law SB 1718, a rule that states that hospitals collect information on the immigration status of patients and present it to the state authorities.
The governor noted that it is already illegal for employers to hire undocumented individuals, but said the new requirements contained in the bill, particularly the E-Verify system, will help strengthen enforcement of these laws.
E-Verify is an Internet-based system that allows registered businesses to confirm whether their potential employees can legally work in the United States.
The regulation establishes that transporting people to Florida without an immigration permit is a crime punishable by up to 15 years in prison.in addition to prohibiting funding city and county programs to provide identification cards to immigrants without regulated immigration status.
Eliminates exemptions from educational fees for undocumented students, repeals the law that allows lawyers who are still regulating their immigration status to practice law (including those who benefit from the federal DACA program) and provides 12 million dollars the transfer of immigrants to other states of the country.
The bill also creates a “National Security Oversight Council” whose goal is to provide direction in efforts related to protection from terrorist incidents, as well as immigration enforcement.
DeSantis insisted that the end of Title 42, which allows for the immediate removal of migrants, will produce a “tremendous disaster” on the southern border.
“Joe Biden’s own government has indicated that the arrival of about 30,000 people a day is expected,” said the governor, after assuring that his offer of help to the Democratic administration to control irregular immigration is serious.
The executive director of the Hope Community Center in Apopka (Florida), Felipe Souza-Lazaballet, said after signing the norm that the agenda “anti-immigrant, anti-human and anti-Latino led by Governor Ron DeSantis It is a victory over the lives of thousands of Floridians who will now have to suffer, and even pay with their lives, for the sake of their political careers.”
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