(EUROPA PRESS).- The Immigration Act SB 1718 went into effect this Saturday, a harsh reform pushed by Gov. Ron DeSantis that prosecutes undocumented immigrants and forces them to denounce businessmen. The rule has been heavily criticized by civil rights organizations.
Specifically, the law requires employers with more than 25 employees to verify their immigration status through a federal database called E-Verify.
Employers who don’t comply with the law face fines of $1,000 a day until they can show their employees have the required documents. It also threatens to revoke lifetime operating licenses for companies that repeatedly hire illegal immigrants.
The text also provides for a prison sentence of up to 15 years for anyone who knowingly hides, harbors, transports, or protects people who have entered the United States illegally, whether for tourism, business meetings, friends, or even to family is the case.
“If you take your aunt to Disney World, Miami or Universal Studios, you may be charged with a felony for bringing an undocumented person to Florida.”
It also carries five years in prison and $5,000 fines if the undocumented person is an adult, and 15 years in prison and $10,000 fines if he is a minor.
“If you take your aunt to Disney World, Miami or Universal Studios, you may be charged with a felony for bringing an undocumented person to Florida,” said the president of the League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC, acronym for “Lulac”) (Spanish). in English), Domingo Garcia.
“Florida is a dangerous and hostile place for law-abiding Americans and immigrants,” said Garcia, whose organization does not recommend travel to Florida.
The rule also provides a $12 million budget for extradition of undocumented immigrants to other parts of the United States and requires security forces to collect DNA samples from undocumented immigrants who are being held under a federal warrant.
The law bans Florida cities and counties from issuing community ID cards and revokes driver’s licenses issued by 16 states and the District of Columbia for undocumented drivers.
One of the things that has caused the most anxiety among undocumented immigrants is that the law requires Medicaid-accepting hospitals and emergency rooms to ask patients about their immigration status.
One of the issues that has caused the greatest anxiety among undocumented immigrants is that Medicaid-accepting hospitals and emergency rooms are required by law to ask patients about their immigration status and to report the cost of treatment for those patients.
Also, Chinese citizens are banned from buying land anywhere in the state because DeSantis “doesn’t want” the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) in Florida. In addition, citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, Syria, North Korea and Iran are prohibited from buying agricultural land and land near critical infrastructure such as airports, military installations and power plants.
Also enacted this Saturday was the HB 543 statute, known as the Carrying Concealed Weapons Act Without a Permit or Prior Training, which allows Florida residents to carry concealed weapons in public places without a permit.
Its proponents are calling it a “public safety” law, while Democrats and gun control organizations have warned of the risks involved. Previously, carrying weapons in public required a permit.
In addition, citizens of Cuba, Venezuela, Russia, Syria, North Korea and Iran are prohibited from buying agricultural land and land near critical infrastructure.
On the other hand, Law HB 1191 has also come into force, allowing the use of phosphogypsum, a radioactive material, in road construction. Composed of uranium and radium, this material has been linked to the development of diseases such as cancer and could contaminate aquifers, something several environmental organizations have expressed opposition to.
Phosphogypsum is a residue from the fertilizer industry, which is why its use is discouraged by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). “Any request to use phosphogypsum on roads must be referred to the EPA because their approval is required before this material can be used,” the EPA said, according to US public radio station NPR.
“By approving this use of fertilizer industry waste, Governor DeSantis is paving the way for a reckless, toxic legacy for future generations of Florida residents,” said Elise Bennett, director of the Center for Biological Diversity Florida and Caribbean.
The phosphates are processed with sulfuric acid in a process that dates back to the 1840s and produces more than five tons of phosphogypsum for every ton of useful phosphoric acid.
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