“DeSantis’ political shenanigans will force every Floridian to pay a heavy price,” said one critic.
Gov. DeSantis has repeatedly pushed anti-immigration measures during his time in office. | Rebecca Blackwell/AP PhotoTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Florida Republicans on Tuesday handed Gov. Ron DeSantis another legislative victory after lawmakers signed off on a sweeping anti-immigration measure that will guarantee millions of dollars more for a controversial program the governor used to fly migrants from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard.
House lawmakers approved the measure after debating for 90 minutes, culminating with bill sponsor Rep. Kiyan Michael, a Jacksonville Republican who was elected last year, recounting how someone who had entered the country illegally had killed her 21-year-old son in a car accident while he was driving to the bank to cash his paycheck.
“Immigrants are people just like us except they did not have the fortune to be in the United States,” Valdes said. The legislation lawmakers passed Tuesday would require medium-sized and large employers to use the federal E-Verify system to check the status of new employees and mandates hospitals to ask patients about their legal status. The bill,, will also allow authorities to charge someone with human trafficking if they knowingly transport an undocumented migrant across state lines.
Back in February, DeSantis said that “if we want to hold the line on tuition, then you have got to say ‘you need to be a U.S. citizen living in Florida.’” But the proposal never surfaced during the session and Senate President Kathleen Passidomo said she urged DeSantis to drop the idea for this year.
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