Foes of illegal immigration have long noted that the presence of illegal aliens in the U.S. deflates wages. The NY Times now confirms this…as the Times attempts to slam Florida and Ron DeSantis
New Florida Immigration Rules Start to Strain Some Businesses
After signing into law a raft of new measures aimed at undocumented immigrants in Florida, Gov. Ron DeSantis said the legislation gave the state “the most ambitious anti-illegal immigration laws in the country.”
It would, he said, keep Florida taxpayers from “footing the bill for illegal immigration.”
Critics of the law warned that it would come with a price of its own, and a costly one for a state that relies on hundreds of thousands of undocumented workers in agriculture, construction and hospitality.
Under the new law, which went into effect on July 1, hospitals are required to ask patients their immigration status and document the costs of caring for such patients. Many more employers are now required to use an electronic database to identify hires illegally in the country, or face fines. And undocumented immigrants can no longer be sure that drivers’ licenses from every other state will be considered valid in Florida.
So far, the state hasn’t undertaken any sort of sweeping crackdown, and it isn’t clear how aggressively the new law will be enforced. But its effects have begun to ripple through the state, stirring fear in some immigrant communities and frustration among some business owners.
Obviously, the entirety of the article is meant to be “this is so horrible, why did Ron DeSantis single-handedly implement all these restricts on illegal aliens!!!!!” Even this is meant to be a slap at Ron
Tim Conlan, president of Reliant, a roofing company in Jacksonville, said a subcontractor had recently turned down a project after his workers refused to travel to Florida, preferring to stay in Georgia and the Carolinas. He also said that hourly rates for jobs had increased about 10 percent since the bill was signed into law in May.
That’s because they have to hire Americans and people legally in the U.S. who are authorized to work, not illegal aliens. This will mostly effect the blue-collar industries and small shops who would otherwise hire illegals.
Meanwhile
Immigration reform and migrant rights advocates are planning to walk more than 40 miles from the North and South Bay to San Francisco beginning this weekend to demand congressional action on a pathway to permanent residency for millions of migrants stuck in legal limbo nationwide.
Dozens of immigrant rights organizations in the Bay Area and elsewhere in Northern California are gearing up for the “All In for Registry” walk starting Saturday at 8 a.m. in Petaluma and San Jose. Participants will walk more than 40 miles over the weekend to meet at the Federal Building in San Francisco on Monday.
The walk aims to press Congress to pass H.R. 1511, also known as the “Registry Bill,” which would allow approximately 8 million undocumented people currently living in the U.S. to apply for legal permanent residency.
Sounds like a great place for Texas governor Greg Abbott to ship a couple hundred illegals. Of course, consider the vast numbers of homeless in San Francisco and the current high levels of crime, would they even notice?
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