![]() Force arrested adults and juveniles with an immigration detainer (an “immigration hold”) to provide their DNA to the state.Invalidates out-of-state driver's licenses issued to "unauthorized immigrants.". ![]() citizens and if they are here legally, and report that data (without personally identifying information) to the governor quarterly and annually. Hospitals that accept Medicaid must ask patients if they are U.S.Repeals a 2014 law allowing immigrants living in the country illegally to practice law in the state.and makes it illegal for any person to knowingly employ, hire, recruit or even refer, either for herself or himself or on behalf of another, for private or public employment within the state, such a person. ![]() Requires employers to fire an employee if they discover them to be a "foreign national" who is not authorized to work in the U.S.Requires private employers with 25 or more employees and all public agencies to use the federal E-Verify system to verify a new employee's employment eligibility, starting on July 1.Requires employers to verify a new employee’s employment eligibility within three business days after the first day the new employee begins working for pay.'We’re protecting Floridians': DeSantis signs illegal immigration crackdown and rails against Biden What does DeSantis' new immigration law do?įlorida's sweeping immigration bill, SB 1718, seeks to crack down on the flow of illegal immigration with some of the toughest penalties in the country. We’re protecting Floridians, to the full extent of our ability.” “And I think when you have a president who has turned a blind eye to what’s gone on at the border. “We’re bracing for some turbulent times ahead,” DeSantis said. It’s considered among the toughest steps taken by any state to deter illegal aliens from arriving.ĭeSantis, expected soon to announce his candidacy for the Republican presidential nomination, spoke in Jacksonville from a podium with a sign proclaiming, “Biden’s Border Crisis.” In response to the end of Title 42, the Florida legislature pushed through a new bill, which has been praised by supporters as necessary and condemned by critics as cruel and potentially leading to law enforcement profiling. Biden agreed the border might be "chaotic for a while" but so far the expected surge has not happened and the numbers of migrant encounters at the border actually dropped over the weekend since Title 42 ended. Title 42 was tied to the national COVID-19 emergency declaration and it ended when that did, last week, triggering GOP warnings of a massive surge at the border. President Joe Biden tried to end the title's use in 2022 but Republicans sued, claiming it was necessary for border security. Under Title 42, migrants were returned over the border and denied the right to seek asylum. ![]() Before that, migrants could cross illegally, ask for asylum and, after being screened, were often allowed to stay while they waited for their immigration cases. officials to turn away migrants to came to the U.S,-Mexico border. 'Dangerous and hostile environment': Hispanic organization issues travel warning on Florida Why are truckers not delivering to Florida?ĭuring the COVID pandemic, the President Trump administration established Title 42, part of a public health law to curb migration in the name of protecting public health. What does this mean for Floridians? Here's what we know so far.įlorida worker shortage? Is Florida's new immigration law SB 1718 already causing worker shortages? Tough to tell. "Spanish language social media has exploded with Latino truck drivers calling for a boycott and refusing to take shipments into Florida," Dominguez tweeted Saturday. "Don't enter Florida," one trucker said in a TikTok video. Ron DeSantis signed a bill imposing tough new penalties and restrictions on undocumented immigrants in Florida that, among other things, requires employers to use E-Verify to make sure workers are authorized to work in the U.S.īy the weekend, Latin American truck drivers were threatening to stop delivering to and in Florida, according to independent journalist Arturo Dominguez.
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