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Tuesday, July 2
Ron DeSantis, Governor of Florida, pushes laws that complicate 'sanctuary' and transport of immigrants
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has taken additional steps to push an agenda against undocumented immigrants , through actions that would prevent any protection for these people, prevent them from being hired to work and limit actions of the federal government.
One of its initiatives is to generate guidelines so that companies hired by the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to transport undocumented persons in state territory cannot do business in the state government.
“ We simply cannot be making contracts with companies that knowingly and recklessly facilitate the entry of people, here to our state, illegally “, indicated the Republican last Friday.
That is just one of your proposals for the next legislative session of 2022, focus the policies of the president Joe Biden and DeSantis – considered a possible presidential hopeful – was clear in asking lawmakers to fight “against the Biden border crisis.”
Their plans include expanding a law against so-called “sanctuary cities” and tightening the rules E-Verify employment guidelines, which states apply under DHS guidelines.
The governor made the announcement at Jacksonville International Airport, which has been a stop for flights that transport migrants.
DeSantis launched the theory that on that flight a man who claimed to be a teenager who was later charged with murder in Jacksonville.
In your budget plan of $ 99, 7000 million, the governor considers an $ 8 million line to transport undocumented immigrants out of state.
DeSantis also dispatched teams and Florida law enforcement officers to the southern border for seven weeks in the summer at the request of the Governor of Texas, Greg Abbott .
For state senator Annette Taddeo, a Miami Democrat who will run for governor next year, considered that DeSantis’s proposals have a clear link with her ambitions to reach the White House .
“What are the borders from Florida, Alabama or Georgia?… Ronnie is spending Florida taxpayers’ money to please the voters in Iowa, ”Taddeo charged.
Which of Florida’s borders, Alabama or Georgia? Ronnie is spending Floridians’ taxpayer dollars pandering to voters in Iowa. Https://t.co/HQP1Er73 Jg
– Annette Taddeo (She / Her / Ella) (@Annette_Taddeo) December , 2021
DeSantis advances in other areas with their plans, such as an emergency rule by the state Department of Children and Families regarding agencies that provide services to unaccompanied children sent to Florida, as well as accusing the cartels of controlling the sending of people to the United States from Central America.
The governor of Florida was one of the high-level Republicans who supported and defended former President Donald Trump’s policies against immigrants.