Jesus was a refugee, and the Bible calls us to welcome strangers. “For us people of faith, we believe in mercy. This bill seeks to criminalize our God-given right to love our family,” Sousa-Lazaballet said. “This government overreach would literally make me a felon for giving a ride to my loved ones.
citizen but lived in the state for 15 years as an undocumented immigrant. Opponents of the measure said Wednesday the changes could potentially put hundreds of thousands of Floridians - including landlords, lawyers and religious leaders - at risk of becoming criminals if they are caught with people who are in the country illegally.įelipe Sousa-Lazaballet, executive director of Hope Community Center in Apopka, said he is a U.S. Part of the proposal aimed at curbing human smuggling would make it a felony for people to “transport, conceal, harbor, or shield from detection” a person they know or “reasonably should know” has “entered the United States in violation of law and has not been inspected by the federal government since his or her unlawful entry.” READ MORE: Migrant flights lawsuit is dismissed after new migrant transport bill passes And it would repeal a 2014 state law allowing undocumented immigrants to practice law in Florida. The bill, sponsored by Spring Hill Republican Blaise Ingoglia, also would require hospitals that receive Medicaid reimbursements to begin tracking how much money is spent on undocumented immigrants in emergency rooms. The proposal also would ban local governments from giving money to organizations to create identification cards for undocumented immigrants and would establish that Florida will not recognize driver’s licenses issued to undocumented immigrants in other states. The measure (SB 1718) would beef up sanctions against businesses that hire undocumented immigrants, allow state law-enforcement officials to conduct random audits of businesses’ compliance with the law and increase criminal penalties for human smuggling. Ron DeSantis’ crackdown on illegal immigration, drawing pushback from opponents who called it an attack on the state’s migrant community. A key Florida Senate panel approved a measure aimed at expanding Gov.
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