Congress in Florida approves a law to transfer migrants to other states of the United States

Floridathe state governed by the republican Ron DeSantiscurrently maintains a law for transfer migrants in an irregular situation to other states of the United Statesbut that law could be expanded with a text that was approved this Friday in Parliament.

The law approved by the Republican majority in the local Congress would allow the governor’s administration to mobilize migrants to and from any region of the North American country.

The migrant relocation bill, officially called SB 6-B, follows the sending of about 50 migrants to Martha’s Vineyard in September 2022.

titled “Unauthorized alien transportation program”, the project has $10 million to transport migrants from Florida and other states, once they have been processed by the federal government at the border and have been released and await their asylum cases.

A border guard will speed up the construction of the wall between the United States and Mexico

DeSantis thus joined a movement launched by the Republican governors of Texas and Arizona, determined to send undocumented foreigners to Democratic cities in the north and east of the country, in protest of the president’s immigration policy. Joe Biden.

The bill’s sponsor, the Republican Blaise Ingoglia, assured that the program is focused on transferring migrants to sanctuary cities and states. This is the name given to localities in which the authorities They cannot reveal a person’s immigration status unless they have committed a serious crime.

“The state of Florida is not, and never will be, a sanctuary state,” the legislator said. “It’s time for those sanctuary cities to put their money where their mouth is.”

Ron DeSantis is expected to announce his candidacy in the 2024 presidential electionso he would be trying to raise his profile and attract votes from members of the Republican party. (YO)