{"id":3537,"date":"2013-05-21T11:00:20","date_gmt":"2013-05-21T15:00:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/live-immigrationreform.pantheonsite.io\/?p=3537"},"modified":"2018-12-28T16:01:27","modified_gmt":"2018-12-28T21:01:27","slug":"good-news-fl-legislature-kills-bills-benefiting-illegal-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.immigrationreform.com\/2013\/05\/21\/good-news-fl-legislature-kills-bills-benefiting-illegal-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"Good News: FL Legislature Kills Bills Benefiting Illegal Aliens"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Florida<\/a><\/p>\n

While the focus in immigration news is currently with the Gang of Eight amnesty bill in Washington, the state legislature in Florida recently killed seven bills related to immigration issues when they adjourned on May 2<\/a>. All of the bills would have provided a\u00a0benefit to illegal aliens<\/strong> such as protection against ICE detainers, in-state tuition, welfare benefits, and driver\u2019s licenses.<\/p>\n

Anti-detainer bill<\/strong>
\nThe Florida Trust Act (Transparency and Responsibility Using State Tools) would have prevented local officials from complying with ICE\u00a0detainers<\/a>\u00a0unless the person had been convicted of or was charged with a serious offense.\u00a0House Bill 767<\/a>\u00a0and its identical companion bill,\u00a0Senate Bill 730<\/a>\u00a0died in their respective Criminal Justice Committees.<\/p>\n

DREAM Act<\/strong>
\nThe Florida DREAM Act,\u00a0would have provided in-state tuition to illegal aliens who had (1) attended school in Florida for three years, (2) received a Florida high school diploma or GED, (3) registered at a state university or Florida College System institution, and (4) filed an affidavit with the state university or college stating that he\/she has filed an application to legalize his\/her immigration status or will do so as soon as eligible to do so.\u00a0House Bill 1113<\/a>\u00a0died in the House Higher education and Workforce Subcommittee, and its identical companion bill,\u00a0Senate Bill 624<\/a>, died in the Senate Education Committee.<\/p>\n

Welfare for Illegal Alien Children<\/strong>
\nSenate Bill 704<\/a> and its identical companion bill, House Bill 4023<\/a>, would have made illegal alien children eligible for the state\u2019s welfare program, Kidcare.\u00a0 Current law restricts the Kidcare program to \u201cqualified aliens\u201d as defined by federal law to exclude illegal aliens.\u00a0 SB 704 died in the Senate Health Policy Committee and HB 4023 died in the House Healthy Families Subcommittee.<\/p>\n

Driver’s Licenses for Illegal Aliens<\/strong>
\nSenate Bill 1304<\/a> would have made an illegal alien eligible for Florida driver\u2019s license by expanding acceptable proof of identity to include (1) a foreign passport from the applicant\u2019s country of citizenship or (2) a consular ID card.\u00a0 SB 1304 died in the Transportation Committee.<\/p>\n