The population of undocumented immigrants in Florida is feeling the effects of a broad rule that went into force on Saturday.
“We are hearing people are starting to leave,” Yvette Cruz with the Farmworkers Association of Florida told CBS News last week prior to the implementation of state Senate Bill 1718.
“We’re just gonna keep seeing that more as the law will take effect,” she said.
On May 10, Republican Governor Ron DeSantis signed the bill into law, two weeks before he officially began his bid for the presidency.
“The Biden Border Crisis has wreaked havoc across the United States and has put Americans in danger,” he said in a statement at the time. “In Florida, we will not stand idly by while the federal government abandons its lawful duties to protect our country.
“The legislation I signed today gives Florida the most ambitious anti-illegal immigration laws in the country, fighting back against reckless federal government policies and ensuring the Florida taxpayers are not footing the bill for illegal immigration.”
Multiple provisions in SB 1718 are intended to stop illegal immigration. A felony charge might be brought against anyone who knowingly brings unauthorized immigrants into Florida. According to ABC News, out-of-state driver’s licenses issued to unauthorized immigrants are no longer valid in the state.
According to WTVJ-TV, the new law further broadens worker verification standards.
E-Verify must be used by businesses with 25 or more employees to verify the eligibility of new recruits. If not, the company risks losing its license and $1,000 per day in fines for each employee.
“Any business that exploits this crisis by employing illegal aliens instead of Floridians will be held accountable,” DeSantis spokesman Jeremy Redfern said.
Because of the law, one illegal immigrant, according to NBC News, intends to remain until he must depart the nation and go back to Mexico.
NBC News journalist Guad Venegas published a cautionary message on Instagram on Thursday.
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“Florida’s new immigration law takes effect in just a few hours on July 1st,” he said. “It’s meant to crack down on companies that hire undocumented workers. It will also make life much harder for the undocumented in the state.
“These are workers who are ESSENTIAL to the Construction, Service and Agriculture industry. Many wonder if Ron DeSantis and state officials will be able to enforce the law. There have been many reports saying some undocumented workers are leaving the state, but today I spoke to a few who told me they’re ‘gonna stay and figure it out, as they always do.’”
Some employers are concerned about vacancies, according to The Wall Street Journal.
“The employee who wants to work on the farm is not available anymore,” said Hitesh Kotecha, who owns a produce packaging facility. “How are we going to run the farms?”
“We’ve seen some fallout on job sites, particularly as it relates to hourly labor as a result of this new law,” said Tom Murphy, co-president of Coastal Construction.
“While we fully support documentation of the immigrant workforce, the new law is aggravating an already trying situation,” he said.
DeSantis claimed recently during a news conference that those responsible for the illegal immigration issue must be held accountable, clearly including President Joe Biden and his team among them.
Standing in front of a sign that read “Biden’s Border Crisis,” the governor said, “At the end of the day, you wouldn’t have the illegal immigration problem if you didn’t have a lot of people that were facilitating this in our country. And so in Florida, that’s not a good bet for you to do that here.”
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