Florida Legislature passes GOP ban on sanctuary-city policies; DeSantis expected to sign into law

Florida will remain safe.

Glad to hear there is sanity in some states...

One of my favorites to visit as well

Some people in Florida are sane.

Think we could get enough of them to move to Oregon or California and spread a little of that sanity around?

Maybe we get some from pioneers from the Orlando area who may be interested. I think those in Miami are vital to Florida's well-being.

The whole idea of sanctuary cities is absurd.  Good for Florida 

You are 100% correct.

In what kind of country does law enforcement refuse to work with one another?

Isn't getting criminals off the streets good for all AMERICANS?

The legislation would require local officials to honor U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainers for undocumented immigrants who are arrested or convicted of a crime, It sparked protests around the state 

Who are these Floridians that want criminals to stay in their state?

and led the American Civil Liberties Union to warn immigrants against traveling to Florida

Good.  Who wants criminals traveling to their state?  

The ACLU is seriously misguided. Immigrants should have absolutely no problem travelling anywhere in America they wish to---as long as they follow our laws.

Why would immigrants need any warning? That is ridiculous!

Shaking my head on that one.  

Florida isn't safe for the illegal immigrants, then why are they sneaking in?  

Could the ACLU please tell them to go back home where apparently it is safer for them?   

That is an excellent point--one I am sure will be ignored by the usual ACLU cheerleaders.

warn them, maybe they will go to sanctuary places and cause problems there 

That would be fitting. They want them, they can have them!

I lost any respect for the ACLU (American Civil Leftist Union) a long time ago!

The ACLU and SPLC seem to be cut from the same cloth.

Definitely!

No Florida city or county currently has a sanctuary policy. But Republicans said it would ensure respect for federal immigration laws by preventing local and state officials from refusing to comply.

Another outstanding victory over a problem that does not exist in Florida !!

Way to go !  Great News !!!

No Florida city or county currently has a sanctuary policy. But Republicans said it would ensure respect for federal immigration laws by preventing local and state officials from refusing to comply.

Florida is just taking preemptive action in case some loons try it in their state.

Maybe had other states enacted such laws and policies, we wouldn't have sanctuary anything now.

They must be trying to keep up with Texas, which already had a ban on non existent Sanctuary cities and counties, only to pass another bill recently with even harsher penalties,

because apparently, no fines or arrests of officials or police officers in the non existent Texas Sanctuary cities , called for even  harsher punishments.

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Good for Florida and good for Texas for enacting sane policies that prohibit officials from enabling illegal aliens from staying here illegally.

Now, if the rest of the country would get on board...…………….

Actually.....there are now 12 states with bans or laws preventing sanctuary zones, and 21 states with "pending" legislation.

In addition to Florida

Alabama

The state’s controversial 2011 law aimed at cracking down on illegal immigration, HB 56, also included a ban on sanctuary cities.

Arizona

The US Supreme Court struck down most of SB 1070, the Arizona bill that sought to give local authorities more power to enforce federal immigration laws. But it kept in place the section that requires local police to check someone’s immigration status while enforcing other laws if they believe someone might be in the country illegally.

Effectively, that makes it impossible for any local government to avoid cooperating with the federal government to some degree on immigration enforcement. But activists in at least one city are trying, circulating a petition for Tucson, Arizona, to become a sanctuary city — and to get that measure on the November ballot.

Arkansas

This state’s lawmakers approved a measure banning sanctuary cities last month. As the bill, SB411, made its way through the state legislature, Gov. Asa Hutchinson — a former Department of Homeland Security official — had initially expressed concerns that a provision allowing law enforcement officers to stop people and question them about their immigration status would encourage racial profiling.

But after the measure passed, according to the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette, Hutchinson told reporters he’d decided to sign it because the lawmaker sponsoring the bill had promised to amend that provision in a future vote.

Hutchinson signed the bill into law on April 17, spokesman J.R. Davis said.

Georgia

In 2009, Georgia passed a law banning sanctuary cities.

The state also passed a measure in 2006 requiring local governments to submit an annual certification that they don’t have sanctuary policies in order to receive government funds. And in 2017 the state’s governor signed a bill that bans sanctuary policies at private colleges.

Iowa

Iowa lawmakers passed a measure last year requiring state law enforcement to comply with detainers — requests that federal immigration authorities make for local jurisdictions to hold undocumented suspects for an additional 48 hours after they’re scheduled to be released.

Mississippi

There aren’t currently any sanctuary cities in Mississippi, but that didn’t stop state lawmakers from approving a ban on them in 2017.

The measure blocks counties, cities and colleges “from creating, planning, implementing, assisting, participating in, or enabling a sanctuary policy.”

Missouri

Lawmakers in Missouri passed a state immigration law in 2008 that cut off grant funding to sanctuary cities.

Among its authors: immigration hardliner Kris Kobach, who was a law professor at the University of Missouri, Kansas City at the time.

North Carolina

Lawmakers in this Southern state passed a ban on sanctuary cities well before Trump took office. Then-Gov. Pat McCrory signed the measure back in 2015.

The state’s House of Representatives approved a bill in April that would allow residents to file suit if they feel their local government isn’t complying with immigration laws, according to the Winston-Salem Journal. But the measure hasn’t yet cleared the state Senate.

South Carolina

Courts struck down most of South Carolina’s 2011 immigration law. But some of it remains on the books, including a part that says no local entity can restrict the enforcement of federal immigration laws, according to a report from the Institute for Southern Studies.

And to comply with state budget requirements this year, South Carolina’s State Law Enforcement Division compiled a massive trove of paperwork verifying that local governments and police agencies weren’t violating the state’s immigration-related laws.

As the Post and Courier newspaper reported in March, “it took nearly 600 documents, hundreds of signatures from local officials and hours of work by law enforcement personnel to tell South Carolina’s leaders what they admittedly knew: the state doesn’t have any so-called sanctuary cities.”

Tennessee

The state passed a ban on sanctuary cities in 2009. Lawmakers doubled down with another such measure in 2018.

House Bill 2315 says local governments that adopt or enact a sanctuary policy won’t be eligible for state grants until they rescind or repeal the measure.

Texas

Gov. Greg Abbott signed a bill banning sanctuary cities in his state in 2017.

The measure, known as SB4, was blocked by a lower court just before it went into effect, but an appeals court ruled in 2018 that most of the law can remain in effect while the court case challenging it plays out.

That decision applied to all but one provision of the measure, which would punish local officials for “endorsing” policies that limit enforcement of immigration laws.

Other states where sanctuary-related bills are pending

In addition to the states detailed above, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures, as of April 2019 at least 21 state legislatures were weighing measures against sanctuary policies:

Colorado

Illinois

Maine

Massachusetts

Kentucky

Michigan

Minnesota

Missouri

Montana

North Carolina

North Dakota

New Hampshire

New Jersey

Ohio

Oregon

Pennsylvania

South Dakota

Virginia

Wisconsin

West Virginia

Wyoming

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Oh, that IS good news.

What is really sad is that anyone would need to pass a law like that, instead of just assuming that all law enforcement would work together to remove illegal aliens.

The majority of the cities and counties are only interested in one thing.  $$ = Cost control. 

Take Braddford County PA.  They, like many other counties will not hold a prisoner past their release date without a warrant or a court order ( which ICE would have to pay for) mainly because ICE does not reimburse the Counties for the additional expenses and the municipality could be sued by the prisoner, especially when ICE

arrests the wrong person.

Most counties will hold a prisoner a few extra days, when they are going to be reimbursed and guaranteed that they won't get sued. 

Almost every county in PA listed by CIS as a "sanctuary county" is Republican run and has similar policies and resents the label.

So it's not a partisan issue, it's a money and liability issue.

What is really sad is that anyone would need to pass a law like that

Like mostly Republican pushed and passed bathroom laws,

GOP sponsored and passed voter ID laws to prevent "massive" unproven voter fraud?

Yes, States passing laws about sanctuary cities and counties where none are even identified by the biased CIS is sad.

A sad use of time and taxpayers $$ for all of them.

Yes, States passing laws about sanctuary cities and counties where none are even identified by the biased CIS is sad.

They just prevented every future Florida Mayor from being able to declare their city a sanctuary city!

When Florida again has a democrat Governor he/she won't be able to declare the state a sanctuary state. He will need legislation to overturn the law!



A sad use of time and taxpayers $$ for all of them.

They did their jobs, something House democrats can't say.

I would imagine if they ever have a Democrat govenor they could overturn the law.

Doesn't sound right that they could make a law that could not be overturned

I would imagine if they ever have a Democrat govenor they could overturn the law.

He would need the Florida legislature to overturn it! Don't you read before you comment?

"Two teens arrested last week on charges stemming from a horrific killing in Maryland were supposed to be deported last year, but local authorities didn’t turn them over to ICE, the immigration agency said Tuesday.

Prosecutors say the teens,   Josue Rafael Fuentes-Ponce , 16, and Joel Ernesto Escobar, 17 — suspected of being MS-13 gang members — feared they would be ratted out for an April robbery, so they and an accomplice snuffed out a 14-year-old suspected snitch. They made her strip before beating her with a baseball bat and chopping her with a machete.

The girl’s body was found in a creek this month.

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, in a pointed statement Tuesday, said the crime could have been averted but for Prince George’s County’s sanctuary city policy.

Mr. Fuentes-Ponce   and Mr. Escobar were in county custody last year on attempted murder charges for another crime. ICE placed a detainer on them, asking to be notified when they would be released so agents could deport them.

ICE said the Prince George’s County Department of Corrections defied the request."

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