Illegal Immigration to continue in Florida Due to Legislature Failures
Illegal Immigration continues to be a problem and a burden on the citizens of Florida and the Federal Government. Some actions have been attempted in the last legislative session but all have failed.
Some of the most notable and should have been the easiest to pass failed.
Immigration proposals that hadn’t passed by the end of the legislative session Friday: Requiring public employers and contractors to check employees’ immigration status and requiring local police to notify federal authorities when they detain illegal immigrants. NorthWest Florida Daily News
This one in particular is similar to legislation passed in other states requiring employers to verify and employees status. This can be easily done on the web through a free service that the IRS has set up called E-Verify.
So what is the problem with this bill? Who knows. Maybe it is the fear that the Democrats have of losing votes. Maybe they don’t have enough people to be a part of their ideal nanny state. There could be a bunch of reasons that they just wont’ back any reasonable immigration reform.
FL House Speaker Marco Rubio prevented a vote on the immigration enforcement bills. For details from a citizen’s perspective see http://www.flimen.org.
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FLIMEN worked with Rep Don Brown who was a terrific representative for citizens and sponsor of the ill-fated immigration enforcement bill HB73.