"we don't want immigrants taking our jobs or taking up a penny of tax payer money! Let's spend millions of taxpayer dollars to imprison them indefinitely instead!!!"
Clearly he's one of those totally stable geniuses I keep hearing about
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Yes, but they are an awfully convenient source of free slaves.
Yeah, but it's not really "free" though. Housing a single inmate in the united states costs something like $43,000/year on average. That money comes from taxes!
I meant that you don't have to buy the slaves, but you are very correct. They're still expensive, just not for the prisons.
So the enslavement of migrants.
You dont want them here, yet you want to jail them longer...Make it make sense
Free labor.
They're sadists, plain and simple.
I'm so sick of this douche. When's his term up so we can get the next idiot in the Florida governorship and I can get mad all over again at fascist policies?
oh how wonderful! fuck you desantis
It'll get tossed. Equal under the law and all that...
Probably not. The headline is a bit misleading.
The driver’s license bill increases the maximum sentence for anyone convicted of driving without a license twice or more from 60 days in jail to a year. This also applies to US citizens and immigrants in the country legally – but in Florida, undocumented people are barred from obtaining a license in the first place.
It applies to everyone, but since Florida doesn't issue drivers licenses to undocumented immigrants, they are more likely to be caught driving without a license. It's still a very stupid law. Jailing people isn't free. Adding 10 months to their sentences gains the state nothing and costs it about $16,500 per conviction.
DeSantis’ karma just keeps on growing, by leaps bounds. /smh
Step one: Proclaim that immigrants are taking American jobs
Step two: Exploit that sweet, sweet exception carved out of the thirteenth amendment and enslave the immigrants
This is the best summary I could come up with:
Florida’s governor signed bills Friday that increase the prison and jail sentences for immigrants who are living in the United States illegally if they are convicted of driving without a license or committing felonies.
Ron DeSantis is a frequent critic of the Biden administration over its handling of the Mexican border, sending Florida law enforcement agents and national guard members to Texas.
The Republican governor, who ended his attempt for his party’s presidential nomination last month, has also flown immigrants who entered Texas illegally to Massachusetts and California.
This also applies to US citizens and immigrants in the country legally – but in Florida, undocumented people are barred from obtaining a license in the first place.
“Rather than criminalizing individuals, the Republican legislature in Florida should work to invest in initiatives that promote driver safety, address disparities in the licensing process, and ensure equitable access to transportation for all residents.”
Another bill increases the maximum prison sentences for immigrants who are convicted of felonies after having been previously deported from the country for illegal entry.
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