DeSantis Poised To Pass ‘Toughest Immigration Crackdown in the Nation’

Florida’s Governor, Ron DeSantis (R.), is planning to enforce a far-reaching crackdown on immigration, including felony charges for facilitating illegal entry into the USA.

DeSantis is proposing legislation that would class the human smuggling and falsification of employment eligibility as felonies, which has earned him the name of having the
New York Times
toughest immigration crackdown in the nation.
With Republicans holding supermajorities in both legislative chambers, the proposals are likely to be passed into law.

“In bringing forward this legislation, Florida intends to continue stopping the smuggling of illegal aliens, preventing municipalities from issuing ID cards to people staying in the country illegally, and ensuring that employers are only hiring American citizens or those who are legally permitted to work here,”

DeSantis
said in February.

The proposed
legislation
will reckon illegal alien smuggling and the falsification of eligibility records for employment as felons. The legislation will also require voters to provide evidence of US citizenship and Florida residency.

It is estimated that Florida has about 800,000 unauthorized migrants.

In September, DeSantis
sent migrants
to Martha’s Vineyard via aircraft, joining border states such as Texas and Arizona in their campaign to make Democratic “sanctuary cities” responsible for migrants.

“Residents of Martha’s Vineyard should be delighted with this move. They voted for sanctuary cities,” said a spokeswoman for DeSantis’s reelection campaign.

Since Joe Biden took over as President, over 5.5 million migrants have
entered illegally.
This has resulted in what many Republicans, including DeSantis, call the “Biden Border Crisis.”