{"id":25019,"date":"2021-10-05T08:11:53","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/?p=25019"},"modified":"2021-10-05T08:11:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T12:11:56","slug":"florida-begins-securing-border-independently-immigrationreform-com","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2021\/10\/05\/florida-begins-securing-border-independently-immigrationreform-com\/","title":{"rendered":"As More Migrant Waves Approach, Florida Moves to Secure Its Borders"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

With hundreds of thousands more migrants <\/a>headed for the U.S. this month, Florida is taking steps to secure its own borders. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis<\/a> has authorized police to stop vehicles believed to be transporting illegal aliens, and ordered reviews of large companies to ensure that their workers are legal. The state is also suing the Biden administration<\/a>, charging that “illegally released” migrants are costing Florida taxpayers millions of dollars.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The release of some 12,000 Haitians<\/a> at the U.S.-Texas border last month, and reports of thousands more of their countrymen en route, has put the focus on Florida, which is home to the largest Haitian communities<\/a> in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cIf you look at what\u2019s happening at the southern border, it is a total disaster,\u201d DeSantis said<\/a>. \u201cThis is absolutely a crisis…We are the ones who are affected by this and we have to fight back.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under U.S. Supreme Court precedent, Arizona v. United States<\/a>, states can require law enforcement agencies to inquire into the immigration status of any person an officer reasonably believes to be unlawfully present if the officer has an independent basis to lawfully detain the person. DeSantis\u2019 order includes aircraft, as well as all forms of ground transportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The\ngovernor also barred all agencies under his direction from \u201cassisting the\nfederal government, or any federal contractor or non-governmental organization,\nin transporting to Florida any illegal aliens apprehended at the southwest\nborder, except as otherwise required by federal or state law.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On\nemployment, Florida statutes already require private companies to verify the\nlegal status of new workers. DeSantis is now ordering a state review of\npublicly traded corporations with more than 200 employees, prioritizing sectors\nthat have traditionally employed large numbers of illegal aliens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Meantime,\nFlorida Attorney General Ashley Moody filed a lawsuit in federal court,\nalleging that migrants released by the Biden administration are “arriving\nor will arrive in Florida, harming the state’s quasi-sovereign interests and\nforcing it to incur millions of dollars in expenses.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The suit\nseeks to block the release of illegal aliens subject to mandatory detention, as\nwell as the paroling of migrants “without engaging in case-by-case\nadjudication or abiding by the other limits on that authority.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Florida\u2019s actions, which follow enforcement initiatives in Texas,<\/a> are efforts to fill legal and operational voids left by the Biden administration. Pete Saenz<\/a>, the Democrat mayor of Laredo, 180 miles up the Rio Grande from the Haitian entry point at Del Rio, is increasingly uneasy. \u201cThe border’s not secure and hasn’t been for a while,\u201d he says. As the situation continues to deteriorate, Saenz predicts, \u201cPeople here will be begging for a wall.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials\nin other states will be saying the same thing before long. In Florida, they\nalready are.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

With hundreds of thousands more migrants headed for the U.S. this month, Florida is taking steps to secure its own borders. Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis has authorized police to stop vehicles believed to be transporting illegal aliens, and ordered reviews of large companies to ensure that their workers are legal. The state is also suing the<\/p>\n

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