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Floridians  for  Immigration  Enforcement

 

When immigration is viewed only racially and culturally, limits and legality will never be imposed.  The debate must focus on limitations and lawfulness, otherwise open borders will make the United States a marketplace and not a country.

FLoridians for IMmigration ENforcement (FLIMEN) is a group of concerned Floridians advocating for immigration enforcement.  The group will also strive to eliminate illegal immigration incentives and will challenge the myths and pandering by elected officials and newspapers.  Please consider signing up for free FLIMEN Alerts.

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FLIMEN billboard welcomes illegal aliens

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT HAS BROKEN HIS CAMPAIGN PROMISES!

GOVERNOR RICK SCOTT MUST BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE!

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100% OF YOUR DONATION WILL BE USED TO EXPOSE THOSE RESPONSIBLE FOR FLORIDA'S ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION CRISIS.

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The above illuminated billboard, which is located on Southbound I-75, 5.2 miles South of US129 at mile marker 445,  near the Georgia border, was erected on February 8, 2012 by the all volunteer organization Floridians for Immigration Enforcement.  This is a wakeup call for Florida Governor Rick Scott who promised Floridians he would work to get mandatory E-Verify enacted to protect our legal workers.  He has remained silent and has failed to use the power of the Governor's office to help get E-Verify enacted. 

Governor Scott touts jobs he creates but does not answer whether they are filled by legal or illegal workers while over 900,000 legal workers remain unemployed.  Meanwhile, Florida taxpayers are saddled with a cost of over $15 Million a day for education, health care, and inmate incarceration for Florida's estimated 900,000 illegal aliens.

Now is the time for Governor Scott to fulfill his campaign promise. Seven states directly North of Florida have passed mandatory E-Verify making Florida a job magnet for illegal aliens.  This is not acceptable.  Now is the time to fulfill the campaign promise made to the 76% of Floridians who consider illegal immigration a serious problem.

Now Governor Scott let’s get to work and keep your promise:

  • "Rick will require all Florida employers to use the free E-Verify system to ensure that their workers are legal."

Archived at: http://web.archive.org/web/20101008004913/http://www.rickscottforflorida.com/home/issues/border-security/ (may have to click "impatient")

Why Rick Scott?

FLIMEN endorsed Rick Scott for the 2010 Florida Gubernatorial race based on his vocal, assertive support of immigration enforcement which he made the central theme of his campaign, all over the state.  When illegal immigration became an issue between Rick Scott and Bill McCollum, Rick Scott pursued the illegal immigration issue even more vigorously via a massive television adverstising campaign.  Rick Scott's trail of promises is well-documented. 

Upon inauguration Rick Scott implemented E-Verify for state agencies via Executive Order.  This was a good first step but since that time Rick Scott, other than answer a few reporter's questions on AZ1070, failed to show any leadership on the issue as promised.  Rick Scott never had a press conference like he did for pill mills, never made any behind the scene effort to FLIMEN's knowledge, refused to specifically endorse any E-Verify bill, refused to call wavering Senators and refused to meet with FLIMEN and others on the issue.  Since the day after inauguration he totally forgot his campaign promises.

While many others including Senate President Haridopolos, Senator Flores, Senator J. D. Alexander, Senator Thrasher, Senator Bogdanoff, House Speaker Cannon to a lesser degree, and Agriculture Commissioner Putnam are to blame for the failure to enact E-Verify, it was only Governor Rick Scott who campaigned so vigorously on the issue and won but failed so miserably to fulfill his promises. 

Because of Rick Scott's failure to lead on the issue, FLIMEN rightfully erected a billboard on February 8, 2012 reminding Rick Scott of his promises made so that he will champion E-Verify to enactment in 2013.

February 11, 2012

February 8, 2011

Will Florida Republican Leadership AGAIN Block E-Verify?

The Florida Legislative session has started in Tallahassee and so far the E-Verify bill has yet to have a hearing in either the House or Senate. 

The E-Verify Bills are: 

HB 1315, House Sponsor Rep. Gayle Harrell 

SB1638, Senate Sponsor Thad Altman

Will Speaker Dean Cannon and Senate President Haridopolos join the long list of Republican leaders who have blocked E-Verify for Florida?  Will Governor Rick Scott again break his campaign promise to help enact E-Verify for Florida businesses?  Final judgment will have to wait until the end of the Session on March 5, 2012 but it appears as though Florida's leaders are again favoring jobs for illegal aliens over jobs for Florida citizens.

You are urged to call and email the key players who decide the agenda:

Message:

Please help get a hearing for HB1315 and SB 1638 in the Senate and House.

You have pledged to make jobs for Floridians your number one priority. Without mandatory E-Verify for all employers there is no assurance that any job you create will go to the legal workers of Florida. Unemployed Floridians should not have to compete with illegal aliens for jobs. Please make enactment of the HB1315 and SB1638, the Verification of Employment Eligibility Act, a top priority and put Floridians back to work, not illegal aliens!

House:

Speaker of the House Cannon, 850-488-2742, dean.cannon@myfloridahouse.gov

House Majority Leader Lopez-Cantera, 850-488-4202, Carlos.Lopez-Cantera@myfloridahouse.gov    

Government Operations Subcommittee Chair Patronis (First House Committee Stop), 850-488-9696, Jimmy.Patronis@myfloridahouse.gov   

   

Senate:    

Senate President Haridopolos, 850-487-5056, haridopolos.mike.web@flsenate.gov

Majority Leader Senator Andy Gardiner, 850-487-5047, gardiner.andy.web@flsenate.gov

Senate Judiciary Chair Anitere Flores (First Senate Committee Stop), 850-487-5130, flores.anitere.web@flsenate.gov 

While the Governor is not directly involved in setting legislative agendas, he can be influential.  Governor Scott won on the issue of illegal immigration and other than requiring E-Verify for state agencies and contractors, he has not been the champion of E-Verify that he promised to be.   Most notably, Governor Scott waited for his grandstand performance on May 4, 2011 to say he wanted legislation, the day after Senate President Haridopolos and his underlings butchered and finally blocked E-Verify.

Governor:

Governor Rick Scott, 850-488-7146, rick.scott@eog.myflorida.com

January 25, 2011

 

E-VERIFY FOR FLORIDA MUST BE ENACTED!

 

E-Verify is about protecting the jobs of legal workers, so there are really only two sides to this issue.  Elected officials support the hiring of illegal aliens or the hiring of fellow citizens. Many Floridians and their families are hurting. They have lost their jobs, they have lost their health insurance, and they have lost their homes.  At the end of the day, if elected officials are unwilling to protect our jobs, then maybe it's time that those elected officials lost their jobs.

Jack Oliver, FLIMEN Legislative Director

 

E-Verify Summary:

1. E-Verify is a highly successful federal program where employers are required to confirm the legal status of new hires.

2. E-Verify effectively addresses the main enabler of illegal immigration -- The Job Magnet.

3. E-Verify has been successfully utilized in about 17 states, many municipalities and more than 238,000 employers who voluntarily enrolled.

4. E-Verify is highly accurate at 98.3%.

5. E-Verify is totally non-discriminatory as all new hires are verified.

6. E-Verify applies the pro-enforcement principal of 'Attrition by Enforcement' which means illegal aliens will self-deport when they cannot hold jobs here. It is also a deterrent to potential illegal entrants seeking jobs.

7. E-Verify covers only new hires which allows employers to phase into legality without drastic upheaval to the employer or industry.

8. E-Verify has improved significantly and will continue to be improved.

9. E-Verify is a modern on-line extension of the I-9 system that has, since 1986, required employers to verify employment eligibility.

10.  The legality of E-Verify was affirmed when the US Supreme Court on May 26, 2011 ruled in favor of the Arizona E-Verify law:

http://www.numbersusa.com/content/nusablog/beckr/may-26-2011/ariz-e-verify-victory-us-supreme-court-adds-pressure-house-pass-national-

 

http://blogs.ajc.com/political-insider-jim-galloway/2011/05/26/u-s-supreme-court-upholds-e-verify-requirement-on-5-3-vote/

E-Verify Information Links:

Controlling Illegal Immigration: What Ohio and Every Other State Can Do (Heritage)
 E-Verify Demonstration Video (USCIS)
 E-Verify Statistics and Reports  (USCIS)
 E-Verify (DHS)
E-Verify Works (Nationalreview)
 E-Verify: Challenges & Opportunities (Heritage)
 Workplace Verification  (NumbersUSA)

Take a look at an important document describing the social principles and counter arguments to E-Verify at:

Enact E-Verify!

2) Florida's Illegal Alien Hiring Halls Section

Florida Illegal Alien Hiring Halls

As of November 19, 2010 there are two taxpayer-supported illegal alien hiring halls in Florida, one in Jupiter and one in Cutler Bay (Miami).  The Loxahatchee Groves Illegal Alien Hiring Hall still exists but does not receive public funding.  The Lake Worth Illegal Alien Hiring Hall will close effective December 31, 2010 but supporters have vowed to reopen into a non-taxpayer supported facility.  The proposed West Palm Beach Illegal Alien Hiring Hall never materialized.

FLIMEN and many Lake Worth citizens were very active in opposing the Lake Worth Illegal Alien Hiring Hall.  Finally, on October 5, 2010 the Lake Worth City Commission voted to shut down the Lake Worth Illegal Alien Hiring Hall.  The reason being that Lake Worth was nearing bankruptcy and needed the facilities for legitimate services.  FLIMEN VP David Caulkett attended the final hearing and stated:

"The Lake Worth Illegal Alien Hiring Hall is closing because of near bankruptcy, not because of principles. Perhaps if elected officials in Lake Worth and throughout the USA diligently applied principles, we might have a fiscally healthy nation, instead of waiting up to the moment of bankruptcy."

Per Lake Worth labor center told to move out of city shuffleboard building:

LAKE WORTH - The Lake Worth Resource Center must move out of the shuffleboard building by the end of this year, city commissioners decided Tuesday night. Commissioners ended leases for the day-labor center and three organizations that use space in the City Hall Annex in a 4-1 vote, with Commissioner Cara Jennings dissenting.

The Jupiter Illegal Alien Hiring Hall was the first in Florida and is known as the 'El Sol Model' where supporters try to proliferate the 'day labor centers' to other Florida municipalities in a misguided attempt to combat on-the-street job solicitation by unlawfully present foreign nationals. 

Legitimizing illegal hiring by officially sanctioning illegal alien hiring halls is not a solution.  Consider:

  • The effect of hiring illegal foreign workers lowers the wages and benefits of American workers.

  • Significant costs to taxpayers include public education, emergency health care and law enforcement.  See Impacts.

  • Illegal alien hiring halls are exacerbating the problem by providing a job magnet to further the illegal invasion. 

  • The illegal hiring transactions are a federal felony. 

When will the El Sol Plague reach your neighborhood?

The Lake Worth, Loxahatchee Groves and Cutler Bay halls were modeled after the El Sol model.  

El Sol proponents seemingly are seeking to rival McDonald's expansion plans.  Per a September 16, 2006 Palm Beach (Com)Post editorial:

"El Sol has the chance to be the model for Lake Worth, West Palm Beach and cities throughout South Florida that realize the corrosive effects of ignoring a problem that isn't going away."

 

Because the Jupiter El Sol model is a root cause of the proliferations, citizen opponents and FLIMEN have made it a priority to shut down El Sol.  For more information:

November 19, 2010

 

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Revised: February 13, 2012.