Florida's anti-immigrant bill continues DeSantis' campaign of cruelty

[Nevilledog]

https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-04-13/la-ed-anti-immigrant-florida-desantis-bill

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https://archive.is/NVoJU

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Florida’s Senate Bill 1718 is much worse than even Arizona’s notorious SB 1070 in 2010, which turned every police officer in that state into an immigration agent. The wide-ranging assault would make it a felony for anyone to give someone they know or should “reasonably” know to be an undocumented immigrant a ride, a job or shelter, punishable by up to five years in prison — and up to 15 years if the immigrant is a minor.

In addition, the bill would ban out-of-state tuition waivers at colleges and universities for undocumented students; invalidate out-of-state licenses given to undocumented immigrants, such as those issued by California; prevent undocumented immigrants from becoming attorneys; require hospitals to collect data about the immigration status of patients and the costs they incur; and require that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement cooperate with federal immigration enforcement. The bill would also make it a felony for someone to use false identification to obtain a job and punish employers who don’t use the federal E-verify program to check immigrants’ documents.

Such changes would have a chilling effect on immigrant communities in Florida and turn good Samaritans or even family members into criminals. Clergy members who minister to undocumented immigrants would be forced to choose between helping those in need and their concern about potential criminal penalties. People who employ undocumented gardeners, nannies or housekeepers would have to fire them or face criminal charges.

Immigrants and immigrant advocacy organizations worry that the bill is so vague it could apply to mixed-status households, meaning U.S.-born children couldn’t give their undocumented parents a ride or allow them to stay overnight. And with a Republican supermajority in both houses of the Florida Legislature, the bill is likely to pass.

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[Phoenix61]

1. I'm sure the agriculture and tourism industry will be so happy to hear this.nt

[Solly Mack]

2. K&R

[ExWhoDoesntCare]

3. Well, they can't invalidate an out of state drivers license

Not for a non-resident.

Everything else...Yikes.

BTW, how will they know who's legal and who's not? I think we know, though: Certain shade of brown + non-Anglo name = you're about to get terrorized by the state.

I have a feeling the Cuban community won't like the way this all plays out. The sad thing is how many of the cubanos are so stupid that they'll keep voting for the party about to make their lives miserable.