Standing before a podium displaying the words “Biden’s Border Crisis,” Gov. Ron DeSantis announced legislation Thursday that will increase the penalties for human smuggling while cracking down on paths to employment, education and obtaining legal identification for undocumented immigrants.
DeSantis criticized President Joe Biden throughout his speech Thursday, suggesting that the federal government has not done enough to curb illegal immigration and was forcing him to take matters into his own hands.
The legislation, part of an ongoing effort by the state to respond to a surge of migrants from Haiti and Cuba, seeks to require all employers, not just government employers, to use the E-verify system to determine employees’ eligibility, and penalize all employers who fail to do so.
