OOPS! Florida news reporter accidentally makes the case for passing an EVerify bill

When she shared the story of "Junior" and his pending deportation from the United States,  she revealed "Junior" was employed at his fathers' business. 

In an opinion piece published by the Sarasota Herald-Tribune titled "Seidman: One-size-fits-all in Florida ICE detentions"dated January 26, 2020 columnist Carrie Seidman gives an account of "Junior", a Mexican national brought to the United States by his parents as a minor. Junior, she reveals, was recently arrested in Sarasota, Florida after a traffic stop, found to be unlawfully present in the country with an arrest record back to 2007 and subsequently turned over to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) for deportation.

"Last week, I shared the story of “Junior,” a Mexican national brought to this country by his parents as a minor, who was arrested in Sarasota recently after a traffic stop and turned over to ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) for potential deportation."

 Turns out "Junior" has an arrest record going back 13 years 

"Though he has never been accused of a violent crime or a felony offense, Junior does have a history of arrests dating back to 2007 that includes numerous traffic and misdemeanor offenses, including driving without a valid license, shoplifting, disorderly intoxication, parole violations and resisting arrest without violence."

"Junior" it turns out, has been employed at his fathers' business:

"Thus, it’s not terribly surprising that someone like Junior, who graduated from Riverview High School and has been employed ever since in his father’s business or as a barber, now finds himself on the brink of being returned to a country he left 16 years ago and barely knows."

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has called upon the Florida Legislature to pass an EVerify bill to ensure Florida businesses not only follow the IIRIRA (Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996) but to ensure Florida businesses maintain and employ a safe and legal workforce.

Thank you Sarasota Herald-Tribune for publishing a story supporting the Governor and supporting the Rule of Law.

ICE: Inspection of employment records reveals Texas construction company knowingly employed 43 illegal aliens

Perhaps the Texas Legislature should pass an EVerify bill in their 2021 session. They could follow the lead of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and Senator Joe Gruters; the chair of the Republican Party of Florida.

Earlier today, January 28 and in the aftermath of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis' direction to the Florida Lege, Florida Politics reports the Republican Party of Florida Executive Committee passed a formal resolution last night rallying behind the Governor's call for passage of an EVerify bill this session.

Why does Florida --any state for that matter---need a safe and legal workforce?

County Examiner has written numerous articles: 

• the fake father who forced a 12 year old boy to work in agriculture fields in Palm Beach County, 
• the Stuart, Florida company whose officers were sentenced for knowingly hiring 92 illegal aliens, and 
• the Fort Lauderdale-area illegal alien charged in Broward County with the hit-and-run death of a Canadian snowbird while operating a forklift at a construction site without a license required by OSHA.

So here comes a news release published by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) where five North Texas businessmen agreed to pay the U.S. Government $3 million for their role in a scheme to employ illegal aliens.

DALLAS – A North Texas construction company will pay the U.S. government $3 million for its role in a scheme to illegally employ illegal aliens.

This agreement was reached following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI).

Five individuals have already pleaded guilty in connection with the scheme.

In a non-prosecution agreement with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, Speed Fab Crete, a Texas-based builder, admitted it illegally employed individuals not authorized to work in the United States, and agreed to forfeit $3 million to the U.S. Treasury for use in promoting law enforcement activities related to immigration enforcement.

According to the agreement, which requires Speed Fab Crete to cooperate with the government to ensure it will not violate immigration laws in the future, the company pledged to continue to use E-Verify, the federal government’s web-based employment eligibility verification system; to comply with new internal verification procedures; to conduct company-wide training on immigration compliance; and to discipline those who attempt to employ unauthorized workers.

The company’s three owners, Carl Eugene Hall, Ronald Alan Hamm, and David Leon Bloxom, are jointly and severally liable for the full amount if Speed Fab Crete does not fulfill its financial obligations under the non-prosecution agreement.

You can read the rest here.

Federal law requires employers hire only U.S. citizens and aliens who are authorized to work in the country and its a darn shame Florida Senate President Bill Galvano continues to stubbornly resist an EVerify bill that would codify into state law that which is already federal law---verify all new employees at all Florida businesses---in the hopes of thwarting labor trafficking schemes among employers who thumb their nose at our Rule of Law.