Florida’s Governor Ron DeSantis signed Senate Bill 1718 in May 2023 to combat the dangerous effects of illegal immigration caused by the federal government’s reckless border policies. This legislation makes using E-Verify mandatory for any employer with 25 or more employees, imposes enforceable penalties for those employing illegal aliens, and enhances penalties for human smuggling. Additionally, this bill prohibits local governments from issuing Identification Cards (ID) to illegal aliens, invalidates ID cards issued to illegal aliens in other states, and requires hospitals to collect and submit data on the costs of providing health care to illegal aliens.
However, the state law does not go far enough. Illegal aliens in Florida continue to use state law governing business creation against American citizens with the assistance of lawyers here only too eager to aid in the destabilization and invasion of their own country. In Florida we have groups of aliens otherwise unrelated to each other covered and protected by the creation of LLC’s which shield the parties creating them from having to pay any taxes in the State of Florida on any income they earn. These LLC’s are linked to specific residential addresses and create a business situs at that address which works as a “pass-through” for anyone residing at that address —meaning any earnings only need to be reported to the IRS as income, and not to the state of Florida.
Bizarro world where existing Florida law continues to shield groups of illegal aliens from detection and prosecution for federal tax evasion. Of course these groups will never file federal income tax returns with the IRS because their income is cash under the table and they officially do not exist. Neither the IRS nor Florida gives a damn about the hundreds of thousands of illegals in Florida using this tactic to avoid detection, and to fly under the radar, to avoid prosecution for income tax evasion, an offense which would result in deportation.
Looks like Governor Ron still has some mighty work to do.