DeSantis-backed bill makes it a felony to have an undocumented person in your home or car

[Ferguson97]

https://twitter.com/prem_thakker/status/1635694485823795233

Stupid and deliberately cruel. Under the language of this bill, you couldn't give your co-worker a ride to work if you knew they were undocumented, or have them over to a house party.

https://www.flsenate.gov/Session/Bill/2023/1718/BillText/Filed/HTML

   84         providing criminal penalties
   85         for persons who knowingly and willfully violate, or
   86         who reasonably should know and who violate, certain
   87         provisions relating to the transporting into or within
   88         this state, or the concealing, harboring, or shielding
   89         from detection, or the attempt thereof, of individuals
   90         who illegally entered the United States

[Redban]

Fake news / misrepresentation

It’s not just “a felony to have an illegal alien in your home.” The language relates to human smuggling:

a person who knowingly and willfully commits any of the following offenses commits a felony of the third degree:

 (b) Conceals, harbors, or shields from detection, or attempts to conceal, harbor, or shield from detection, in any place within this state, including any temporary or permanent structure or through any means of transportation, an individual whom the person knows, or reasonably should know, has entered the United States in violation of law and has not been inspected by the Federal Government since his or her unlawful entry


This kind of language ^ has been federal law for decades

As for the DNA stuff, the bill permits law enforcement to collect DNA of anyone they arrest who has a active ICE Warrant against them

Try reading the bill instead of your fake leftist NewRepublic news

https://m.flsenate.gov/session/bill/2023/1718/billtext/filed/pdf

[Orwell]

Aiding and abetting a criminal should have already been a crime

[インターネット掲示板ユーザー Punxsutawney Phil]

Is checking patient citizenship actually in the bill?

[Orwell]

Is checking patient citizenship actually in the bill?

Only if they have an active warrant from ICE when their investigation is ran.

[インターネット掲示板ユーザー Punxsutawney Phil]

Is checking patient citizenship actually in the bill?

Only if they have an active warrant from ICE when their investigation is ran.

That...doesn't sound like a huge amount of people.
Sure, I dislike this bill and would vote against it, but (as usual) the Twitter user involved has sensationalized things.

[Wrong about 2024 Ghost]

A governor (and his party) abusing their power to target a political rival like this is just wrong.

[Zohran "The Sword of Islam" Mamdani]

There is no such thing as an "undocumented Floridian."

[TheDeadFlagBlues]

Has it occurred to the various low IQ posters of the forum that undocumented immigrants tend to have family members who are US citizens and who would prefer that they not be deported? This legislation criminalizes family values among those who are immigrants in Florida.

[Utilitarian Governance]

"The foreigner residing around you must be treated as your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were foreigners in Egypt. I am the Lord your God"--Leviticus 19:34

[Redban]

Is checking patient citizenship actually in the bill?

Just read the bill brah. Here is the language. It's on pages 9 & 10: https://m.flsenate.gov/session/bill/2023/1718/billtext/filed/pdf

These are the cliffs:

1). Hospitals that accept Medicare must ask, in the intake forms, about whether the patient is an illegal alien or not.

2).  The question must have a statement indicating that the response won't "affect patient care or result in a report of the patient’s immigration status to immigration authorities."

3). On March 01 of each year, the hospitals must submit a report to the Governor, President, and Congress indicating how many illegal aliens came in for medical care; and the report must state the cost of care and the impact the cost had on the hospital fiscal needs

4). When compiling the reports and collecting information on immigration status, the hospital can't require the disclosure of patient names