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Eugene

(65,088 posts)
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 11:28 AM Jan 2025

Florida lawmakers pass sweeping immigration bill to help with Trump crackdown

Source: Associated Press

Florida lawmakers pass sweeping immigration bill to help with Trump crackdown

By KATE PAYNE
Updated 11:10 PM EST , January 28, 2025

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida lawmakers passed a sweeping immigration bill Tuesday, setting aside half a billion dollars in public funds to help carry out President Donald Trump ‘s crackdown on those in the country illegally.

In a state where roughly one in every five residents is an immigrant, the legislation would require every level of government — as well as government contractors — to cooperate with federal immigration enforcement “to the fullest extent possible.”

Following more than four hours of deliberations on Tuesday, Florida’s Republican-dominated Legislature passed the measure largely along party lines. The passage sets up a showdown between Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and state legislative leaders, who have sparred over whose proposals would better carry out Trump’s immigration crackdown. DeSantis has called the bill “weak.”

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Read more: https://apnews.com/article/florida-immigration-bill-trump-crackdown-desantis-98ba7a205e71d308087f9861047fd7dd

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Florida lawmakers pass sweeping immigration bill to help with Trump crackdown (Original Post) Eugene Jan 2025 OP
Good luck getting those oranges picked. Ocelot II Jan 2025 #1
No problem Traildogbob Jan 2025 #2

Traildogbob

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2. No problem
Wed Jan 29, 2025, 11:37 AM
Jan 2025

All those old ass MAGA’s that will lose SS, Medicare and Medicare will be right up those latters picking them.
Pick or die you ignorant old MAGA’s
A traffic jam of golf carts on the way to the orchards everyday.
All retrofitted with gas engines as ordered by DeSatan. No fucking batteries.

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