Florida's new immigration law creates 'panic' in agriculture community

[DigitalDrifter]

This needs to be the law in all 50 states.

• - Tougher penalties for knowingly hiring or transporting undocumented people in the state
  - E-Verify employment screening for new hires at businesses with 25 or more employees
  - Florida hospitals will collect immigration status and the state will no longer recognize outside driver licenses for people who are undocumented

Supporters believe a new Florida law recently signed by Gov. Ron DeSantis will crack down on illegal immigration.

Among the new law's provisions:

• - Tougher penalties for knowingly hiring or transporting undocumented people in the state
  - E-Verify employment screening for new hires at businesses with 25 or more employees
  - Florida hospitals will collect immigration status and the state will no longer recognize outside driver licenses for people who are undocumented
  - Florida's migrant relocation program also gets another $12 million after previously flying nearly 50 undocumented from Texas to Martha's Vineyard.

However, from farming to construction, the law is expected to have a wide-ranging impact on a number of industries vital to Florida's economy.

MSN

 

[Mac-7]

The policy I support is to allow ag workers from mexico but no accompanying family members

 

[pknopp]

It should be employers of any size but this is at least an improvement.

 

[The Sage of Main Street]

The policy I support is to allow ag workers from mexico but no accompanying family members

What BLM Equates With Slavery Only Proves That Slavery Was Punishment, Too

Bring back the chain gangs. Let thugs pay back their debt to society. Then we won't need these toxic foreigners at all.

 

[occupied]

DeSantis ought to ask Alabama how that worked out when they tried it.

 

[d0gbreath]

This needs to be the law in all 50 states.

• - Tougher penalties for knowingly hiring or transporting undocumented people in the state
  - E-Verify employment screening for new hires at businesses with 25 or more employees
  - Florida hospitals will collect immigration status and the state will no longer recognize outside driver licenses for people who are undocumented

MSN

Look into E-Verify. All they are is a good idea, with piss poor implementation.

 

[whitehall]

"Panic" in quotation marks. What does that mean? There is no panic. It's another bullshit story written by somebody named Rebecca Blackwell and promoted by the left wing media. If you want to see real panic you can look at those poor Americans who live along the border and are facing an invasion.

 

[pknopp]

"Panic" in quotation marks. What does that mean? There is no panic. It's another bullshit story written by somebody named Rebecca Blackwell and promoted by the left wing media. If you want to see real panic you can look at those poor Americans who live along the border and are facing an invasion.

You can bet there are many employers in Florida sweating this out. The question will be on enforcement.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Look into E-Verify. All they are is a good idea, with piss poor implementation.

Then we fix e-verify.
Stop pouring cold water EVERY TIME there is ANY attempt to address the problem of people flooding our borders.

 

[d0gbreath]

Then we fix e-verify.
Stop pouring cold water EVERY TIME there is ANY attempt to address the problem of people flooding our borders.

Yes, fix E-Verify, or better yet, come up with a whole new verification system, that actually works.
I'm not pouring cold water, just trying to pass on what I know.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

DeSantis ought to ask Alabama how that worked out when they tried it.

You mean they'll have to pay a living wage?

 

[occupied]

You mean they'll have to pay a living wage?

Crops rotted in fields for lack of anyone to pick them.

 

[Dont Taz Me Bro]

Crops rotted in fields for lack of anyone to pick them.

Right, I forgot. A living wage is only for white people. Brown immigrants are supposed to work in the fields and pick the lettuce for $4 an hour.

 

[pknopp]

Crops rotted in fields for lack of anyone to pick them.

If they come illegally for low wages, they won't come legally for higher wages?

 

[DigitalDrifter]

Crops rotted in fields for lack of anyone to pick them.

Oh well.

 

[DigitalDrifter]

DeSantis ought to ask Alabama how that worked out when they tried it.

You're definitely a Dimocrat. Any time ANY measure whatsoever is tried to stem the flood, you guys can always be counted on to oppose it.

 

[occupied]

You're definitely a Dimocrat. Any time ANY measure whatsoever is tried to stem the flood, you guys can always be counted on to oppose it.

Scaring off the farm workers just hurts the farmers. It's the usual thing with any republican "solution" to illegal immigration. It's more important that someone gets hurt than the problem actually gets addressed.

 

[pknopp]

Scaring off the farm workers just hurts the farmers. It's the usual thing with any republican "solution" to illegal immigration. It's more important that someone gets hurt than the problem actually gets addressed.

The ones hurt are those forced to work long hours with low pay and no OT. No benefits. No protections.

 

[RoshawnMarkwees]

Right, I forgot. A living wage is only for white people. Brown immigrants are supposed to work in the fields and pick the lettuce for $4 an hour.

If they hadn’t invaded and undercut there wouldn’t be wage issue.

 

[occupied]

The ones hurt are those forced to work long hours with low pay and no OT. No benefits. No protections.

You think this stunt by DeSantis does something about that?