{"id":11837,"date":"2016-02-11T09:54:56","date_gmt":"2016-02-11T14:54:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=11837"},"modified":"2018-12-28T13:43:46","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T18:43:46","slug":"florida-senate-refuses-to-take-up-immigration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2016\/02\/11\/florida-senate-refuses-to-take-up-immigration\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida Senate Refuses to Take Up Immigration!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"SONY<\/a>Furthering the pro-amnesty lobby\u2019s agenda, Florida Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Miguel Diaz de la Portilla (R-Miami) has declared he will not take up any immigration enforcement bills in his committee this session. \u201cNone of the immigration bills are going to be heard,\u201d\u00a0he told reporters<\/a>. \u201cSo those are off the table as far as the judiciary committee is concerned.\u201d<\/p>\n

As the Judiciary Committee is typically the primary committee of jurisdiction for immigration bills, Senator Diaz de la Portilla\u2019s refusal to take up immigration legislation in his committee is a critical setback for true immigration reformers in the Sunshine State.<\/p>\n

Just last week,\u00a0the Florida House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed HB 675<\/a>, anti-sanctuary city legislation, by a vote of 80-38. Senator Diaz de la Portilla\u2019s declaration to deny hearings on immigration legislation effectively kills this otherwise popular bill, while preventing any other enforcement legislation from seeing the light of day in the Senate.<\/p>\n

Now is the time for those who want their lawmakers to put the needs of Floridians over illegal aliens to speak up! Tell the leadership in the GOP-controlled Florida Senate that such outright refusal to take up critical immigration enforcement legislation is unacceptable and places the public safety at risk.<\/b><\/p>\n

Call\u00a0Florida Senate President Andy Gardiner<\/a>\u00a0TODAY and tell him:<\/p>\n