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| 7.19.23
Groups Sue DeSantis Over Latest Anti-Immigration Policies
Do you support the lawsuit?
What's the story?
- Several human rights groups sued the DeSantis administration on Monday over its latest immigration law, FL SB 1718, arguing the policies inflict “enormous harm on people’s ability to go about their daily lives.”
What is the law?
- DeSantis has been at the forefront of efforts to transport undocumented migrants to Northern Democrat-led states, in a move human rights groups have condemned.
- The law allows authorities to charge someone with human trafficking if they knowingly transport an undocumented migrant across state lines. It would prohibit undocumented migrants from driving even if they possess a driver's license from another state.
- The law requires state hospitals that receive Medicaid to ask patients about their immigration status.
What's the lawsuit about?
- FL SB 1718 is the latest in a series of policies introduced by DeSantis, who has been a vocal critic of the Biden administration's handling of the border crisis.
- Several groups, including the American Immigration Council, Americans for Immigrant Justice, Southern Poverty Law Center, and the ACLU Foundation of Florida brought the lawsuit.
- There are also nine unnamed plaintiffs filing the suit, including a private citizen who runs a nonprofit transporting migrants across state lines for medical appointments who worries about the bill's impact on her relief efforts.
- The lawsuit states that FL SB 1718:
Puts "thousands of Floridians and residents of other States—both citizens and noncitizens alike—at risk of being arrested, charged, and prosecuted with a felony. Families may be unable to visit each other across state lines. Parents who live near the state border may be unable to drive their children to medical appointments or soccer matches."
- The groups want to block the state from enforcing the policies, stating that they have the potential to impede federal immigration authorities and contribute to "unlawful arrest, prosecution, and harassment." The lawsuit contends that the law is unconstitutional.
- Paul R. Chavez, from the Southern Poverty Law Center Action Fund, said:
"This bill will push hundreds of thousands of people into the shadows, including U.S. citizens, putting freedom and even our state's economy at risk. This cruel and misguided effort will negatively impact public safety and public health and cause harm to all Floridians."
Do you support the lawsuit?
—Emma Kansiz
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Yes, I feel like politicians should face consequences for their actions. DeSantis has made it very difficult for immigrants to stay and find work in Florida, and he should be held accountable.
I hope this lawsuit finds it way through the courts quickly...before the 2024 primaries.
I don't agree with sending illegals to other communities or states. But I have to agree that our country is wrong in not giving more money to house, feed, educate and medically finance these immigrants. To allow open borders, or allow immigrants to pass through unaccountablily. Our federal government need to allocate more money to the states. Today we taxpayers pay out more to house, educate, feed and hospitalize illegals than any legal American. I fully understand coming to our country to form a better life. To have open access to raise a family in safety. But there is a cost to this, a big cost. Our government fails to address this issue. Our government needs to fund more money into homelessness, colleges, health insurance, primary education, housing, immigration, feeding. But no we spend money on weapons of mass destruction and wars. Other countries focus on their citizens, not our it focuses on industries for killing people. We have forgotten about the regular Americans. But we keep voting in those that want Authoritarianism not Democracy.
I think our immigration plan is a disaster and not the best way for our country to allow immigration. As living close to the border I see more things wrong with this than most Americans do. I think Biden is a joke on this plan.
When you hurt people to promote your agenda, your not a leader. While I sympathize with the states affected by immigration, blaming, harassing, or harming immigrants is not the answer.
Working with countries south of the border, ensuring any monies given to other countries directly go to improve the safety & living conditions of the people (instead of lining the pockets of corrupt politicians), focusing on reversal of global warming, and the passing & enforcement of effective immigration laws will help. It's past time to make it happen.
The Governor is doing the right thing. And what he is doing is restoring Law and Order to the State of Florida and he is doing in Honor of The U.S Constitution!!! Which is why his adversaries and the Leftist Media opposes his Patriotic Stand. They Hate The U.S Constitution, they Hate The USA and are trying to Destroy it. Politicians must Stand with Governor DeSantis and work to get Blue States and Jurisdictions to follow The Governors Lead!!! If the Citizens of The USA will not Stand for Our U.S Constitution they will have nothing left to Stand For!!! So, Politicians, Do your Job and Lead, NOW!!!
God Bless The USA
The people who are affected by this are the illegals. Illegal, that says it all. They have no right to be in our country. Round them up and do a mass deportation. It's been done before.
Why are southern voters electing bigots like DeSantis?
There are NO IMMIGRANTS.. they are illegal aliens flooding our country at the promotion from Democrats and RINO's.
Just like Brown pushes all that is China communism in banking, digital currency etc.. he / Democrats are killing real Amercians by defunding police and letting drugs pour over the borders. While Joyce (RINO) happily works with Democrats since he wants to be a ruler.
There are no good or pro-American policies the Democrats devise. BTW government is here to do our bidding not your self-interest. Every day, every word you utter is evidence of that.
The man is a monster!
Boy, the "hits just KEEP ON COMING" with this totally obtuse and self involved dictator wannabe! Now, he's touting that in Florida (which he laughingly has dubbed "the Education State") that slavery will be taught to include the "benefits" of it. NOT for the rich landowners, mind you, because the benefits for them go without saying but the so called "benefits" for the ENSLAVED! Wait? What? BENEFITS for those who were TAKEN against their will, torn from the only life they knew and from their family, chained, thrown into the bowels of ships and taken to a land where they get three hots and a cot if they're lucky, to toil from dawn 'til dark. The "reasoning" behind such a statement, is not only thick it is insane. With that kind of "reasoning", those who were Shanghaied had NO REASON to squawk......They got steady work, 3 hots and a cot (maybe) and went to places and met people who they would have not be able to see/meet if they had been ALLOWED to go about their own lives!
Ron DeSantis to put it simply is a racist pig. The man was born with a silver spoon in his mouth never had to want for anything his whole life and all he does is pick on those that have the hardest of times. He's a jerk he's an ass he's a waste of human organs.
DE SANTIS is as bad as 45!!!! if not worse. ONLY IDIOTS SUPPORT HIM AND HIS "GOD" TRUMP.
DeSantis is a Nazi....now he is making his own army. I thought that was against the Constitution!
DeSantis for all his education and privileges of political power hasn't got a clue about the proper and healthy way to use these advantages! He is cruel, immoral and functions like a bullly! He is effectively destroying Florida's business community, causing the educational leaders and scientific experts to flee the state and is certainly frightening the families of Florida. Maybe it will take a number of lawsuits to bring him to repent.
Ron DeSantis in my opinion anti American, he should look in the mirror because that is where the woke is coming from!
What is his action plan for climate change, high home owners insurance, drought, water rights, making sure everyone has a chance at a good education, housing, and a living wage!
What is Ron's plans for agriculture?
what is Ron's plans for green sustainable energy!
Using some of the most vulnerabe people in our society as a political stunt is despicable. If unregistered ("illegal") immigrants are such an issue in Florida, find a different way to deal with it. Anyone participating in trafficking these people should certainly be punished.
How can Desantis think of himself as a Christian???
Desantis should NOT be transporting immigrants to other States. this is IRRESPONSIBLE as a Leader. He should be finding them safe places to live until their immigration papers can be processed. Let's send him back to the country gus Grandparents came from
Not only does it appear to break the law but it totally breaks any level of decency.
The double demented China Biden Democrat administration has caused the problem. Send the illegals to Democrat cities and states and let them feel the effects of the border problem they refuse to correct!
Enforcing laws on ILLEGAL ALIENS is outrageous-like no cash bail. no consequences for illegal activities. Of course, my fault they are illegal
Yes!!
Mr. Desantis is on a crusade to attract the farthest right MAGA extremists with laws that are cruel and policies that are likely illegal. Busing people to cities in other states? Flying people to the other side of the country with promises of jobs, food and housing? THIS is the kind of action a despot takes, but these are also the actions of a state government that is intent on telling you how to live your life--or you'll be expelled from the state. I believe Governor Gavn Newsom is correct in believing with others that these actions constitute kidnapping, and must be pursued. The GOP once upon a time was for small government, but DeSantis is for Big Brother government. Horrendous!
DiSantis, Trumps American Mussolini.
Hey, Florida school board, slavery is not life skill DiSantis morphed homself onto being Teump like I guess the best to describe him would be a Trumpvestite
America built on lies, murder, slavery, rape and corruption. But, out of that we did get democracy. Now, the white trash religious fundamentalist, the moron liberatarians (aka republican party) are now working hard to destroy it.
So far, they
Taking your right to make personal choices
corrupted the supreme court, see McConnell's actions or lack thereof with Obama selection
enacted voter suppression laws
enacted voter restriction laws
gerrymandered political districts
attacked freedom of the press
rigging the voting systems
and let us not forget Trump's January 6th insurrection
DEMOCRACY - THE PEACEFUL TRANSITION OF POWER BASED ON THE POWER OF THE PEOPLE. ONE PERSON, ONE VOTE.
Ohio republicans are now trying to destroy one person, one vote with issue 1 Hopefully Ohioans will wise up to this power grab and save democracy But I doubt it, Ohioans seem too want to be dictated over and lose the very freedom that made America Great -actions