Florida OKs bill aimed at keeping immigrants out of state

Associated Press

Florida's capital city. A bill was sent to the governor on Wednesday that would prohibit all Florida government agencies from doing business with transportation companies that bring immigrants to the state who are in the country illegally.

The bill is a priority for the governor, who wants to keep people from crossing the Mexican border into Florida. President Joe Biden's immigration policies have been criticized by Ron DeSantis, who is running for reelection this year.

The House voted 77-42 in favor of the bill, with Republicans saying that illegal immigration needs to be dealt with and Democrats saying that it plays into fears about immigrants.

"I came to America the correct way, and this is all about enforcement." said Republican Rep. It's all about stopping those people from being able to bring people to Florida.

Immigrants being transported to states after crossing the Mexican border illegally is nothing short of an invasion.

The bill will prohibit any government agency, state or local, from doing business with any airline, bus or other transportation company that is paid by the federal government to bring immigrants to Florida who are in the country illegally.

Don't give in to fearmongering, don't give in to hate and treat people like they are not human beings. They are. They are our brothers and sisters. Democratic Rep. Joe Geller said to treat them with respect.

The bill was politically motivated.

She said that the entire bill is a facade being used to boost up campaign coffers in the years to come.

Immigration has been a main talking point for Republicans as they try to take back the U.S. House in the upcoming elections.

Bell said the bill is about making the state safer. She said a person sent her a picture of two buses dropping off immigrants in the country illegally.

She said that the people were left on the street with no jobs, no food, and no shelter. They get into crime and start driving drunk.

The legislation expands on a bill that was signed into law by the governor in 2019: that would ban local government sanctuary polices and require local law enforcement to work with federal immigration enforcement authorities.

The law was struck down last year by a federal judge who repeatedly said the law was racially motivated and that supporters had no evidence that it was needed to lower crime. The state appealed the decision.

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