On March 4, the governor of Florida, Ron desantisoffered a speech in the city of Tallahassee With the aim of marking the beginning of the 2025 legislative sessions in that state, where it referred to the hardest immigration laws that currently exist, created to punish the undocumented migrants.
Desantis talked about the main issues that will mark its management this 2025 and decided to start with the migratory theme, reiterating that “Florida is not a state sanctuary“since it does not have policies that limit cooperation with federal migration authorities and always fulfill the president’s orders Donald Trump.
“You have to put an end to the crisis of the illegal migration once and for all. No state has done more than us in Florida. There is legislation that punishes the entry of illegal immigrants to the State and all the agencies of the law, state and local, have the duty to insist on these efforts, ”Desantis added during his speech.
Governor’s new regulations implement more penalties severe For undocumented people who commit Crimeseven if it is only about handling no driver’s licensebecause a new crime was created at the state level for immigrants over 18 who are in the country illegally and arrive in Florida.
Firm desantis against immigration illegal
“If the authorities manage to prove that the person entered or tried to enter Florida after entering the United States by avoiding an examination or inspection by the officials of immigrationwill be found guilty and must meet a Mandatory Penalty of 9 months In jail, “added Governor Ron Desantis.
In turn, the State Council for Control and Immigration allocated more than US $ 200 million Police agencies in Florida to carry out programs on compliance with migratory laws, which include bonds for agents participating in operation of the immigration and customs control service (ICE).
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For their part, undocumented migrants who are sentenced by a capital offense, as murder in first degree or abuse sexually of a minor, they will be automatically condemned to the death penalty, The legal sanction more Rigorous Of all, taking into account that it consists in taking the individual’s life.
Given this situation, the local sheriff offices and the directors of the prisons Florida must register, no later than next Tuesday, April 1, In the new federal program “287G”in which officials will learn the skills of immigration agents, how to do interrogations on immigration status.
According to Ron Desantis, the governor of Florida may suspend To local officials who do not comply with the mandates “referring to the application” of the new immigration laws in the sunny state and the main affected will be the beneficiaries of the deferred action for those arriving in childhood (Dacain English).
This is because undocumented students will no longer have the opportunity to apply to the State University Registration, taking into consideration that no Florida official will allow people to be not residents legal or Citizens Americans enroll to reduce university payments.
🚨 Florida Government Ron Desantis:
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– Derrick Evans (@derrickevans4WV) March 1, 2025