Throughout 2023, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis was at the center of controversy for his anti-immigrant stance. In July, SB 1718 went into effect, allowing immigrants to leave Florida to settle in other states in the United States.

Now his name is back in the media for “enabling” a state grand jury to make recommendations for new restrictions and policies as part of his efforts to tackle the illegal immigration crisis, La Nación reported.

The recommendations, he added, were included in a “comprehensive report” that was submitted to “legislators, who must determine how to implement the guidelines.”

That grand jury comes up with this opinion: “We have learned that many Floridians (as before we conducted this investigation) are almost dangerously naive and unaware of the true size and malevolence of the illegal immigration industry.”

And given the alleged inaction of the federal government, they argue, as quoted by La Nación: “It will be up to Florida and other states to help themselves, at least in the short term.”

What the Ron DeSantis jury recommends

According to what has been published in the southern media, there are four axes on which the grand jury authorized by Ron DeSantis bases its recommendations. One of the most notable is that related to a possible tax on remittances.

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1. E-Verify for all companies

They propose expanding measures against companies that hire undocumented immigrants.

The document states: “We propose to abolish the exemption for companies with fewer than 25 employees, as this creates too much incentive for unscrupulous people to ‘game the system’.”

With this recommendation, La Nación explains, “they plan to support the recent passage of the law SB 1718, which requires companies with 25 or more employees to use the federal E-Verify system to assess the immigration status of applicants before them to get started, align them and take them further. they are accepted.”

The judges leave this responsibility to lawmakers when they tell them, “We recommend that you evaluate the feasibility of holding general contractors fully legally accountable, of ensuring that their subcontractors employ only legal workers.”

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2. Magnifying glass for NGOs

They criticize in the report that there are non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that, even receiving federal funds to help undocumented immigrants, refused to provide the information cited and refused to answer some direct questions. published La Nación.

The suggestion here is to “create a new state grand jury specifically focused on conducting a thorough review and establishing guidelines to be imposed on these groups.”

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3. Tax on transfers?

Using the precedent of a restriction allowed in Oklahoma, “the jury urged that Florida impose a fee on monetary transactions leaving Florida to other countries”

They propose “to impose a commission of five dollars on every money sent abroad that does not exceed $500, in addition to a 1% rate for every dollar beyond that limit.”

Why are they launching this possible tax? The grand jury believes these transfers may be “linked to criminal activity, such as money laundering and human trafficking.”

With this measure, they estimate that the Florida Department of Revenue will save about $40 million per year.

With information from La Nación

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