Gov. Ron DeSantis is urging Florida's lawmakers to repeal state laws that offered additional legal rights to undocumented immigrants — protections that less than a decade ago were popular with many Florida Republicans.
“Florida is a law and order state, and we won’t turn a blind eye to the dangers of Biden’s border crisis,” Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said. “We will continue to take steps to protect Floridians from reckless federal open border policies.” | Scott Olson/Getty ImagesTALLAHASSEE, Fla. — Gov.
Included in DeSantis’ proposal is the repeal of a 2014 law sponsored by Lt. Gov. Jeanette Nunez when she was a member of the Florida House that offered out-of-state tuition vouchers to some eligible Dreamers, those brought to the United States illegally at a young age. It applied to Dreamers who attended a Florida high school for at least three years.
At Thursday’s press conference, DeSantis touted Florida’s low cost college or state university system but said the law still needs to be repealed to keep down tuition costs. DeSantis last year drew widespread criticism from Democrats and immigration advocates after he transported nearly 50 migrants, mostly Venezuelans, from Texas to Martha’s Vineyard, a move opponents called a political stunt. Since then, the governor persuaded the Legislature to expand the program.
During the press conference, he did not address the fact that a large number of elected Florida Republicans in the past supported some of the provisions he wants repealed and his office did not respond to questions about that situation. Conservatives have been lobbying DeSantis to again try and expand the requirement to all employers, and DeSantis now has post-midterm Republican supermajorities in both chambers, which he says should make it easier to overcome opponents from the business and hospitality industries who are concerned changes could cut off their supply of cheap labor.DeSantis’ immigration package also includes:
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