Governor Desantis on Illegal Immigration ”Pulsive’ Ignores Big Players | Column

Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state legislature are once again screaming about cracking down on illegal immigration.

Earlier this month, they agreed to two bills that would strengthen criminal penalties for people based on immigration situations, and in general Florida purged the country of almost everyone who President Donald Trump came here illegally. It makes it easier to help you do it.

What the governor and the legislature did not do is that more businesses need to use the e-verify system to check the citizenship status of their employees. They conveniently left the hook to their employer… again. If you think it’s like being pissed about the tragedy of illegal drugs and then softening to drug dealers, you’re right.

Everyone saw this coming – starting with a often dishonest political dull that suggests that immigrants are committing more serious crimes and stealing our work (again).

These same strict Tallahassee leaders then allowed businesses to continue hiring workers who commit so-called employment theft and crimes without additional penalties. While businesses can benefit from illegal labor, states continue to search for illegal labor. It’s intentional ignorance at the level of the Olympics. Unfortunately, shouting “hypocrisy” in a Tallahassee lawmaker just hopped you.

Two broad bills will strengthen criminal penalties based on immigration circumstances, and immigrants here are found guilty of illegal and specific capital offences, and more local laws with US immigration and customs enforcement. Enforcement cooperation is required, and the state universities need to be abolished. University tuition fees for students living illegally in Florida.

The new law says nothing about strengthening the E-Verify system. Federal database companies can be used to check the status of employees’ citizenship. There is nothing about strengthening rules that illicitly surround employed workers here. For businesses, it’s business as usual. This means they will continue to benefit from illegal labor and will almost certainly be able to escape it.

Under current rules, businesses can be caught three times in hiring fraudulent workers before being punished, and even so, the law gives 30 days to stop the destruction of the law. Despite the ease with which both the construction and the agriculture industry recognize that workers here are illegally dependent, Florida businesses are rarely punished.

The system fails for workers, companies they employ, and taxpayers paying for the veneer of execution. Don’t want Florida businesses to kneel with Draconia’s law that ignores the reality that the state needs illegal workforce. But that’s the point. State leaders continue to ignore that reality.

States and countries need to seriously discuss immigration reform. But you have to start by accepting that almost every large farm or construction site is dependent on illegal labor. So is Florida’s large tourism industry.

One solution is to expand the immigration visa system so that more workers can legally enter the country. When you need more workers during a good economy, put more in. Target Workers with the necessary skills need to perform a thorough background check and visa renewed every few years. If there are fewer workers, make admittance easier. Once the expanded visa system is in operation, we will crack down on companies that continue to play outside the rules. Put some business owners in prison to break immigration laws. That way, illegal employment will quickly evaporate.

The revision is not perfect, but it is a good start to put workers and businesses on a stronger footing. Both have to be given a much more twist through legal minefields. This is a victory for the economy.

Unfortunately, none of them are catchy soundbites. No matter how old the soundtrack is, it’s much easier for “they” to score political points by screaming “stealing our work” and “breaking immigration laws.”