Florida Legislature Passes SB1718, Anti-Immigrant Legislation
A Look At What’s In SB 1718, Florida’s Sweeping Anti-Immigrant Law

(904) COURT-1-A
1-904-268-7812

Immigration and Nationality Lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida

(904) 268-7812

Immigration and Nationality Lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida

(904) 268-7812

Immigration and Nationality Lawyer in Jacksonville, Florida

Search
Close this search box.

Susan Pai is admitted to the Washington State Bar, not the Florida Bar Attorney Pai's Florida legal practice is limited exclusively to Immigration & Nationality law

Susan Pai is admitted to the Washington State Bar, not the Florida Bar Attorney Pai's Florida legal practice is limited exclusively to Immigration & Nationality law

Search

Susan Pai is admitted to the Washington State Bar, not the Florida Bar Attorney Pai's Florida legal practice is limited exclusively to Immigration & Nationality law

Search

Horse Trading for Comprehensive Immigration Reform

2008: House Democrat Representative David Price sponsors HR 6947 which calls for a National Alternatives to Immigrant Detention Program. The Bill dies in Committee.

image

2009: Luis Gutierrez introduces HR 4321 the CIR ASAP Bill (a Comprehensive Immigration Reform bill including legalization for undocumented).

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/111/hr4321#overview

2009: Republicans soundly reject HR 4321 and demand more Immigration Enforcement from Obama & the Democrats before they will move an Immigration Bill forward.

image

2009:  ICE begins counting traffic violators as “criminals” to seemingly boost their “criminal deportations” statistics.

image

2009: In a complete 180, House Democrat David Price sponsors HR 2892 which creates the Congressional Bed Mandate requiring a minimum number of 33,400 Immigrants to be in detention at any time. It passes the House with a Democraric Majority.

image

https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll450.xml

2010: In turn, ICE implements a detention quota of 400,000 (33,400 x 12 months = 400,800). Note: average length of immigrant detention is one month.

https://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/politics/documents/ICEdocument032710.pdf?sid=ST2010032700037

January 2013: Obama announces we finally have Bipartisan Support for Comprehensive Immigration Reform.

https://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2013/01/29/president-obamas-four-part-plan-comprehensive-immigration-reform

April 2013: Senate introduces S. 744, a Bipartisan Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill.

https://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:SN00744:@@@X

June 5, 2013: Ted Deutch calls for an end to the Congressional Bed Mandate which has been continued in every House Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill since Rep. David Price’s HR 2892 was passed in 2010. Deutch’s call to end mandatory detentions of now 34,000 immigrants nightly is defeated largely along party lines but with the help of 11 Democrats as well.

https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/113-2013/h198

June 27, 2013: Senate passes amended S. 744, with Border Surge Amendments included.

October 1, 2013 is the first day of the fiscal year covered by HR 2217 which continues the 34,000 mandatory minimum immigrant lock up.

October 2, 2013 House introduces bipartisan Comprehensive Immigration Reform Bill HR 15 where it resides in committee to this day.

https://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d113:HR00015:@@@X

Share:

Facebook
Twitter
LinkedIn

Green Cards

Citizenship

Immigration Article Library
On Key

Related Posts

What is an L-1 Visa? An Overview

An L-1 visa is a non-immigrant visa category that allows multinational companies to transfer certain employees from their foreign offices to their U.S. offices. It is designed to facilitate the temporary transfer of employees who possess specialized knowledge or executive/managerial skills within the company. There are two main types of L-1 visas: To qualify for

Bridging the Distance: K-1 or Fiancé(e) Visa Services in Jacksonville, FL

A fiancé visa application is a type of visa application that allows a foreign national to enter another country for the purpose of marrying a citizen or permanent resident of that country. It is also commonly known as a “K-1 visa” in the United States, as it falls under the K category of nonimmigrant visas.

Florida’s SB 1718 Anti-Immigrant Law Includes Plenty of Penalties Against Employers Who Hire Lawfully-Present Foreign Nationals Who Are Waiting on Their Employment Authorization Document

Governor of Florida Ron DeSantis uses the terms “unauthorized” and “illegal” interchangeably when speaking. These are two very different legal terms. The new anti-immigrant law just signed into law by Governor DeSantis, SB1718, affects those who came here illegally, those who came here legally but overstayed their visa and those who are here legally but not authorized to work.

Scroll to Top