LOS ANGELES — When I heard about Florida's plan to crack down on immigrants who lack legal status, I immediately thought of California's Proposition 187.
The Florida bill, SB 1718, is a grab bag of punitive proposals, requiring hospitals, law enforcement and others to report the immigrants and criminalizing anyone who helps them.
It would even repeal state laws allowing college students who grew up in Florida but aren't U.S. citizens to pay in-state tuition and to practice law.
