Several organizations are suing Florida over DeSantis’ new immigration law SB 1718

Several civil rights groups filed a lawsuit Monday against the immigration law SB 1718 of Florida (USA), considering that it is “unconstitutional, xenophobic” and “criminalizes” to the community immigrant in a state whereone fifth of the population was born abroad”.

The claim, filed by the Southern Poverty Law Centerthe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU, in English) and its section of Florida, Americans for Immigrant Justice and American Immigration Councilargues that the SB 1718 It represents “a threat to the rights and well-being of every individual in the state”, not only for immigrants, and it is “discriminatory”.

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This “harmful law” is designed for “inflict cruelty” to the immigrant community, is “unconstitutional and undermines our democracy”, he said today in a statement Paul R. ChavezSenior Supervising Attorney for the Immigrant Justice Project of Southern Poverty Law.

The lawsuit focuses on provisions of Section 10 of the law, which criminalize the transportation of persons to Florida who may have trespassed in USA no federal inspection. The complaint says it is unconstitutional for a state to unilaterally regulate federal immigration, subject people to punishment without warning, and use a term as vague as “inspection”.

The case was brought against the Governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis; state attorney general, Ashley Moody; florida state attorney Nicholas B Cox and the attorneys general of Florida’s 20 judicial circuits, on behalf of the Farm Workers Association of Florida and several affected individuals, including U.S. citizens and undocumented drivers and passengers who routinely travel to and from Florida.

The complainant organizations further contend that a number of sections of SB1718 harm Florida immigrants and their families, and “seeks to attack and intimidate immigrant families in all facets of their lives”.

Thus, the aforementioned law, which entered into force on July 1, “inhibits and intimidates Florida immigrants seeking health care”, expands the requirements of E-Verify (system to verify the eligibility of the employee) and the sanctions to the companies.

Similarly, the law prohibits local government from funding new community ID cards and invalidates certain state driver’s licenses such as Connecticut, Vermont, Delaware and Hawaii.

This legislation “It is not the solution to any problem”but “an attempt to scapegoat and terrorize vulnerable families and workers already burdened by the difficult federal immigration process”, denounced, for his part, Amien Kacouattorney for the ACLU of Florida.

“Our challenge aims to uphold the Constitution and protect our communities from the growing threat of discrimination posed by this new Florida law.Kacou said.

In the 35-page document, civil rights organizations insist that the aforementioned law “unconstitutionally criminalizes the act of transporting a broad category of immigrants to Florida”.

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A category that “puts thousands of Floridians and out-of-state residents, both citizens and non-citizens, at risk of being arrested, charged and prosecuted” for him “Serious felony“of transporting people to Florida under one terminology”loosely defined”.

So, the lawsuit adds, it is possible that “families cannot visit each other across state lines“, that “parents who live near the state line cannot take their children to medical appointments or soccer games”, or co-workers cannot drive each other to work.

“Section 10 (of SB 1718) inflicts enormous damage on people’s ability to carry out their daily lives”, alerts the lawsuit.

Source: Elcomercio

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